The Civil War was really the watershed,” he wrote Meyer. “Lincoln was America’s first dictator, and almost all the Republican ...

Lincoln led through crisis by aligning decisive action with a long horizon, turning the fight to save the Union into a moral campaign that advanced freedom and set the nation on a path toward equality ...

After a long treatise on the illegality of secession, Lincoln closed with a single flourish. His plea to the “better angels ...

In encampments like Fort Monroe, Union forces in the Civil War were joined by thousands of African-Americans seeking liberty and protection.

Who hasn't heard ad nauseam that Nevada was admitted to the Union in 1864 because its silver and gold production was ...

The October 18 demonstrations express deep hostility to the Trump administration’s efforts to set up a fascistic dictatorship ...

Thousands of African Americans fought for the British—then fled the United States to avoid a return to enslavement.

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Two views of the 2024 presidential results predominate in our political discourse. The first, held by the president, his allies and his administration, is that the election was an overwhelming ...

NPR’s Morning Edition host and author Steve Inskeep visits the ACPL to discuss his book Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded ...

Fourteen presidents have called themselves Freemasons, members of the centuries-old fraternal organization known for its secret rituals and mysterious symbols. Abraham Lincoln was not one of them, but ...