Lincoln led through crisis by aligning decisive action with a long horizon, turning the fight to save the Union into a moral ...

Paul Bahnmaier is president of the Lecompton Historical Society which operates the Territorial Museum and other historic ...

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

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

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

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

Stacker sifted through news articles and historical documents to commemorate the legacies of 10 Black suffragists often left out of the narrative.

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 ...

Defense, run game, and grit led Abraham Lincoln to its third consecutive win, this time in the 71st Battle for the Bluffs and the Friends and Alumni Trophy over Thomas Jefferson 14-8. The Lynx defense ...