IDAHO FALLS – Abraham Lincoln said goodbye to his friend for the last time as they left the meeting that afternoon. It was Friday, April 14, 1865. America’s 16th president was 42 days into his second ...

“Lincoln’s Peace” offers a pair of fascinating what ifs. Had the Union maintained a larger and stronger post-Civil War occupying army, could it have banished all the residual slavery practices and ...

Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address was truly prophetic—it revealed the spiritual meaning of the Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War will be the topic of the next — and next-to-last — Trumbull Town Hall lecture. Louis Masur, a professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University, will ...

The new movie “Lincoln” tells the story of President Abraham Lincoln’s efforts to pass the 13th Amendment amid the Civil War. But a recently published book written by a Princeton alumnus argues that ...

Whether you’re a Civil War buff or get all your learnin’ from Drunk History, HistoryMiami keeps churning out lively events that tempt locals to dive into the past. For the 150th anniversary of Abraham ...

Bullet to the brain, from one farm boy to another. When John Wilkes Booth fired a .44 lead ball into Abraham Lincoln’s head, the murder shook a nation to its core and led to 13 days of bedlam rivaling ...

Carwardine will be recognized during an award ceremony to be held in New York on April 16, 2026. The award includes a $50,000 prize and a bronze replica of Augustus Saint-Gaudens’s life-sized bust ...

“Lincoln’s Peace” offers a pair of fascinating what ifs. Had the Union maintained a larger and stronger post-Civil War occupying army, could it have banished all the residual slavery practices and ...