Abraham Lincoln was very familiar with grief and loss so it stands to reason that his take on dealing with the death of a ...

A diplomatic crisis 165 years ago between the United States and Britain over two captured Confederate envoys nearly triggered ...

Lincoln won in 1860 with less than 40 percent of the popular vote, yet his three opponents couldn't have beaten him even if ...

Grace Bedell gets the credit for the most famous beard in American history, but she wasn't the first person to ask for it.

He led his nation through the most difficult times it had known, restoring a shattered Union and ending slavery in America.

Four and a half months later, on Nov. 19, 1863, a crowd of about 15,000 gathered at Gettysburg to consecrate a new Civil War cemetery. The story’s headline in The New York Times makes clear who was ...

The History Channel will air a new Abraham Lincoln documentary over Presidents Day weekend from Feb. 20 starting at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Abraham Lincoln is based on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s best-selling book ...

As films and television shows continue to honor the historic life and political accomplishments of President Abraham Lincoln, there sadly seems to be a lack of details of the events before and after ...

Abraham Lincoln is the most written-about United States president, and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, has also garnered ...