For this reason, if for no other, the fragmentary contributions of friends and foes, of newspaper writers and book-makers, towards a life of Abraham Lincoln, will be secure of readers. Originally ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains a tragic historical figure, gunned down by an assassin just days after winning the nation's bloodiest war. A Republican ...

Abraham Lincoln represented the new man of the American West, and his rise to the presidency is an unprecedented story of personal ambition combining with historical circumstances. Born poor, ...

With these four volumes Carl Sandburg completes the life of Lincoln begun in “The Prairie ... uncertainty of its consequences; Father Abraham; the see-sawing of war’s fortunes; the draft ...

The family lived at this farm for Abraham Lincoln's first two years of life before moving to a different farm, where they ...

There are two things in connection with the life of Abraham Lincoln," said Judge James B. Bradwell of Chicago, "which will always impress me. One is associated with his life, the other with his death.

Abraham Lincoln grew up on the American frontier ... For much of her adult life, Mrs. Lincoln struggled with depression and mental instability. The death of three children and her husband's ...

Abraham Lincoln embodied everything that’s great ... 16 th U.S. president had multiple male companions throughout his life, ...

Unlike much of Georgia, the historic port city was preserved from Sherman’s wrath, but suffered psychological terror nonetheless Eli Wizevich Turkey may have been ...

President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous speeches in United States history, at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery on this day in history ...