The complexities of leadership often manifest most vividly during times of crisis, where the decisions of a leader can reverberate through history. Abraham Lincoln, during the tumultuous years of the ...

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 ...

Online exhibit featuring a signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation and 10 letters expressing Lincoln's views on emancipation and the conclusion of the Civil War. Downloadable images of the ...

In our era, they might seem like performative gestures for the president. A quiet visit with the wife of a wounded soldier. A conversation with a battlefield nurse or a kitchen worker. A hand extended ...

How Abraham Lincoln and a magazine illustrator elevated Christmas to a national holiday, and used it to win the Civil War.

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Lincoln Society of Dayton will be hosting a “Linking the Civil War to the American Revolution” program this Sunday. The free program will be at the Woodbourne Library, at ...

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 ...

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 ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Noted Civil War experts Brandi C. Brimmer and Judith Giesberg are leading a discussion on the 16th president and the amendment abolishing slavery during the eighth annual Frank and ...