For this reason, if for no other, the fragmentary contributions of friends and foes, of newspaper writers and book-makers, towards a life of Abraham Lincoln, will be secure of readers. Originally ...

Abraham Lincoln was an American hero — but a flawed one. As we celebrate his essential contributions to our country, let's ...

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and ...

Abraham Lincoln grew up on the American frontier ... For much of her adult life, Mrs. Lincoln struggled with depression and mental instability. The death of three children and her husband's ...

It hardly seems possible that he would have time for other things, but he did have a personal life. Did Abraham Lincoln have children? Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, shared four sons but ...

In the new documentary “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln,” director Shaun ... referred to in the film as ...

cost us the life of Abraham Lincoln." The rival parties of the Reconstruction era were not, of course, historians quibbling over a footnote. They were politicians seeking power, and they invoked ...

For grades 11-12, lesson can be made more challenging by asking students to conduct further research into the personal life of Abraham Lincoln and/or the inner workings of his administration.

The Rothschilds’ Waddesdon Manor: Not Your Typical English Country House It was on the night of Good Friday, April 14, 1865, that John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Earlier that day ...