The Feb. 16, 1861, visit was while Lincoln was enroute to his first inauguration and while the nation was on the brink of ...

National Museum of American History Abraham Lincoln's Watch, around 1858 National Museum of African American History and Culture Photograph of James Brown, Civil War veteran, with a picture of Abraham ...

The election of Lincoln prompted the South to begin to withdraw, or secede, from the Union. In his first inaugural address, Lincoln delivered a final plea to the South to remain, but to no avail. War ...

On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President ... In his inaugural address, delivered on March 4, 1861, Lincoln proclaimed that it was his duty to maintain the Union.

ST. LOUIS – In 1861, Major General John C. Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that predated President Abraham Lincoln’s more ...

Abraham Lincoln is often ranked as one ... became more open when discussing rebellion. By the time Lincoln was inaugurated in March 1861, seven states had seceded with more to follow after.

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains ... On April 12, 1861, barely a month after Lincoln took office, Confederate forces fired on Union troops at Fort ...