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 ...

When Lincoln left Illinois and headed east for his inauguration, he told the crowd at the Springfield railroad station that he confronted challenges equal only to those that had faced the nation’s ...

Before long, he’s spilling out stories about Lincoln—the town and the president (“Abraham,” he says familiarly) all mixed up together. Tim Evans is 17, an 11th grader with a jumble of ...

“The prospect of success was much brighter than before, for Abraham Lincoln had become a ... few glimpses allowed us of the President's private life. “He was at Springfield, Illinois, during ...

In the new documentary Lover of Men: The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln ... advanced so far in the President’s confidence and esteem that, in Mrs. Lincoln’s absence, he frequently spent ...

“Well, half the country left before he got there ... if I’m not number one over Abraham Lincoln, I will be very disappointed ...

Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln’s presidency was marked by the gravest trial in our nation’s history, a Civil War that tested the limits of democracy. He faced challenges that dwarf many or all of ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains a tragic ... wielding more authority than any president before him: he appropriated $2 million from the Treasury for ...

He led his nation through the most difficult times it had known, restoring a shattered Union and ending slavery in America. Lincoln had struggled to heal the wounds of war, yet he became one of ...

President Abraham Lincoln died in Washington, D.C., on this day in history, April 15, 1865, one day after he was shot by actor ... and "The South is avenged!" before fleeing.

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences ... the second inauguration Monday of President-elect Donald Trump, it also ...