"Abe Lincoln's few schooldays were spent at a 'blab school': that is, one in which the children 'read out,' Chinese fashion, at the tops of their voices." The larger part of our information ...

The only photograph of Abraham Lincoln in death almost never survived. When the assassinated president was laid out in his coffin in the rotunda of New York's City Hall for a viewing attended by ...

NMAH/SI Upon hearing the name Abraham Lincoln, many images may come to mind: rail-splitter, country lawyer, young congressman, embattled president, Great Emancipator, assassin's victim ...

bowing slightly to acknowledge the bearded stranger. Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln never spoke to one another in real life, except perhaps the briefest exchange of pleasantries. But on this ...

President Abraham Lincoln, with officers in 1862, rarely dictated battlefield tactics. Alexander Gardner/Library of Congress When the American Civil War began, president Abraham Lincoln was far ...

Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he confronted the secession of the South and the dissolution of the Union with all the political ...

In addition to being president, Abraham Lincoln was the post-master of New Salem; he also offered services as a wood chopper, county deputy surveyor, and lawyer. Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room ...