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Pritzkers donate Lincoln's Civil War order to Springfield museum
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoThe Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum introduced a new item dating back to the Civil...
Lincoln’s Civil War order to block Confederate ports donated to Illinois by governor and first lady
The Nashua Telegraph· 1 day agoThis photo provided by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum shows a document signed...
Handwritten letter from First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln for sale
The Republican· 13 minutes agoA handwritten letter by First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln is for sale for the first time. The letter, which attempts to get a girl a job at the Treasury Department, was an inherited family heirloom ...
What the 'Dawn of the Civil War' can tell us about today's acrimonious politics
NPR· 17 hours agoMy guest, journalist and historian Erik Larson, has a new book closely examining the period between the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 ...
Ill. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and wife donate key Civil War document to Lincoln presidential library
Chicago Tribune· 1 day agoFollowing the Confederacy’s 1861 attack on Fort Sumter, often viewed as the event that sparked the...
Lynx offense rolls in win over Yellow Jackets
Southwest Iowa's daily newspaper· 1 day agoAbraham Lincoln’s offense exploded for seven goals in the second half to defeat Thomas Jefferson for the fourth consecutive time, 10-0. Jonathan Amador...
Unearthed Mary Todd Lincoln letter up for sale - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News
7 News Boston· 1 day agoA letter written by Mary Todd Lincoln has been found – and shows a new side to the wife of President...
Abraham Lincoln's speech at Dayton's Old Courthouse: Did he get 'utmost attention' or was he 'not a...
Dayton Daily News, Ohio via Yahoo News· 6 days agoApr. 25—Before he was elected president, Abraham Lincoln visited the Montgomery County Courthouse in 1859. Lincoln, who had lost a bid for the U.S. Senate ...
How a Schoeneck woman turned a piece of Reading history into a year-round Christmas tree
Lancaster Online· 6 days agoBack in the 1970s, Elaine Bowman attended the wedding of a former student at the old Hotel Abraham ...
Two faces of war: America 1861, Spain 1812
Smoky Mountain News· 19 hours agoHere lifelong Civil War historian Emory Thomas, professor emeritus at the University of Georgia, examines the principal figures and events of a year...