The white-leather gloves are stained with blood from the night the slain president wore them to the theater.

Twelve days after President Lincoln's historic visit to Richmond, his assassin's journey ended in the small town of Port ...

It’s a comfort to remember that the virtues he embodied are fundamentally American.

Here's why a bunch of Abraham Lincoln impersonators from across the country will be in Kalamazoo this weekend.

Next month, history buffs will have the opportunity to bid on the gloves that President Lincoln wore on the night of his ...

The president’s iconic beard was a product of the anxious new realities of the photographic age.

After 750,000 had died in the Civil War, which cost over $150 billion in today’s dollars, President Lincoln had every reason ...

It seems as though 12-15 new books about Abraham Lincoln hit the market each year, with another dozen volumes featuring ...

“He was crucified for us!” an elderly African American from York, Pennsylvania, told a newspaper that Easter weekend.

The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin. As a student of leadership, I found it one of the most insightful books on the theme. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and ...

US President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head by stage actor John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre ...