Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two ...

War broke out in April 1861 with the attempt by the Federal government to resupply ... Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he ...

National Museum of American History Abraham Lincoln's Watch, around 1858 National Museum of African American History and Culture Photograph of James Brown, Civil War veteran, with a picture of Abraham ...

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Abraham Lincoln richly deserves his own day instead ... was the longest railroad in the world at the time of his inauguration in 1861. He even dabbled in urban planning, drafting a plan for ...

Whitman first saw Lincoln when the president-elect visited New York on his way to the White House: on Feb. 19, 1861, he joined a ... Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln never spoke to one another ...

Swanson. Of course, Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until he was assassinated in 1865. He was murdered by John Wilkes Booth a production of Our American ...

Presidential inaugurations hold a symbolic place in U.S. history, with the choice of Bible often reflecting personal or national significance.

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains ... On April 12, 1861, barely a month after Lincoln took office, Confederate forces fired on Union troops at Fort ...

Abraham Lincoln grew up on the American frontier ... Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861, and by then the country was already collapsing. South Carolina and six other slave states had seceded ...