President Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 162 years ago this week. To celebrate, dozens of people gathered for the unveiling of a new presidential statue outside the ...

Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee’s leadership during the American Civil War reflected two distinct approaches that shaped the war’s direction and outcome. Lincoln’s integration of political, economic ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum announced it has obtained a chair from the Ford Theatre that in use the night of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination.

On every April 16, D.C. celebrates Emancipation Day, when President Abraham Lincoln freed thousands of enslaved people in D.C ...

The rights of humanity -- The rules of civilized warfare -- A false feeling of mercy -- Rules of wrong -- We don't practise the law of nations -- Blood is the rich dew of history -- Act of justice -- ...

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 ...