A handwritten letter of reference penned by President Abraham Lincoln in 1861 just two weeks into his first term is now on public display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The ...

gelatin silver print, hinged to the original two-tone mount, with annotation and date 'Lincoln and Hamlin Inaugural March 4th 1861' in an old hand in ink on the mount, framed Subscribe now to view ...

Abraham Lincoln spent his birthday in Cincinnati on Feb. 12, 1861, on his way from Springfield, Illinois, to the nation’s capital for his inauguration. The president-elect didn’t know what kind of ...

On a February afternoon in 1864, Abraham Lincoln stood outside the White House, waiting impatiently for the presidential carriage he had summoned for a trip down Pennsylvania Avenue to Mathew Brady’s ...

LAKE CITY — A bronze tablet mounted on red granite will commemorate Abraham Lincoln's 1861 visit to Lake City. The tablet will tell the story of Lincoln's stop at the town's rail depot enroute to his ...

February 18, 1861, a date that will live forever in the history of Utica, New York, and Montgomery, Alabama. On that day at Utica's train depot on Main Street, shortly before noon, President-elect ...