The cover of 'Nance: A Girl of Color and Her Lawyer Abraham Lincoln,' a new book by Kevin Orlin Johnson. It details the case ...

Abraham Lincoln is often ... By the time Lincoln was inaugurated in March 1861, seven states had seceded with more to follow after. The Confederacy ratified their own constitution within the ...

In his 1863 Gettysburg Address, he argued that the war must lead to “a new birth of freedom” or it would have been fought in vain. Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln ...

Public DomainA late 19th-century illustration of Abraham Lincoln wrestling hometown bully Jack Armstrong. He has been mythologized as one of the greatest Americans to ever be elected president, but ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains a tragic historical figure, gunned down by an assassin just days after winning ... slave states. Before his inauguration ...

Shortly after, Abraham settled in New Salem ... the Radical Republicans who insisted on punishing the Confederacy. Before Lincoln could guide Reconstruction, an assassin cut his life short.

Abraham Lincoln spent his birthday ... know what kind of reception he would get in Cincinnati. Lincoln had been in the Queen City twice before. His first visit in 1855, when he was a lawyer ...

President Abraham Lincoln sought a limited conflict against people he still regarded as fellow countrymen and with whom he sought reconciliation. Only after three years of stalemate did he turn to ...