In addition to being president, Abraham Lincoln was the post-master of New Salem; he also offered services as a wood chopper, county deputy surveyor, and lawyer. Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room ...

From a U.S. perspective, the 1860s were largely defined by the Civil War, the height and demise of Abraham Lincoln, and the ...

“Abraham Lincoln” (1865) by W.F.K. Travers in the "America's Presidents" gallery at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, on loan from the Hartley Dodge Foundation. Courtesy of National ...

On a February afternoon in 1864, Abraham Lincoln stood outside the White House, waiting impatiently for the presidential carriage he had summoned for a trip down Pennsylvania Avenue to Mathew Brady’s ...