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How Lincoln dealt with depression and found greatness
The Holland Sentinel· 5 hours agoPresident Lincoln with accomplishing? President Lincoln consistently ranks in polls as the greatest president of all time. According ...
Abraham Lincoln's Civil War order to block Confederate ports donated to Illinois
ABC News 4 Charleston· 2 days agoThe document in which Abraham Lincoln set in motion the Union's military response to the launch of...
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 ...
Pritzkers donate Lincoln's Civil War order to Springfield museum
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHunt, acquisitions director of the museum, said the document's roots are in the days following the...
Maybe Erik Larson Should Have Left the Civil War Alone
New York Times· 3 days agoThe Civil War is one hell of a drug. “I’m so attracted to seeing it,” former President Donald J....
The furious bombardment that opened the US Civil War
Daily Telegraph· 12 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...
What the 'Dawn of the Civil War' can tell us about today's acrimonious politics
NPR· 1 day agoAnd we're speaking with journalist and historian Erik Larson. He has a new book about the events that led to the outbreak of the American Civil War, focusing ...