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How Lincoln dealt with depression and found greatness
The Holland Sentinel via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoThat is, according to historian and author of ‘Abraham Lincoln: Seldom Told Stories’, Warren Bull....
Pritzkers donate Lincoln's Civil War order to Springfield museum
Gannett via AOL· 1 day 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
Midland Reporter-Telegram· 3 days agoThe document in which Abraham Lincoln set in motion the Union's military response to the launch of...
What the 'Dawn of the Civil War' can tell us about today's acrimonious politics
NPR· 1 day 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 ...
Erik Larson On The Dawn Of The Civil War : Fresh Air
NPR· 1 day agoIn The Demon of Unrest, author Erik Larson chronicles the five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and the start of the Civil War, drawing ...
Ill. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and wife donate key Civil War document to Lincoln presidential library
Chicago Tribune· 2 days agoFollowing the Confederacy’s 1861 attack on Fort Sumter, often viewed as the event that sparked the...
The Man Behind Lincoln's Inauguration Photos
Smithsonian Magazine· 12 hours agoFacing the connecting corridor that linked the new House of Representatives chamber to the main building, Wood stood ready to record a quiet ceremony honoring the setting of the first monolithic ...
The furious bombardment that opened the US Civil War
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoThere is much to be said for the brutality of a British general election, where a removals van turns up at No 10 within hours of a Prime Minister...
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· 7 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 ...
Post-Congress, Bustos and Davis see bleak prospect for election-year bipartisanship
Herald & Review· 4 hours agoIt's been 17 months since Rodney Davis and Cheri Bustos ended their decade-long tenures as members...