Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth ... Above all, there is his evolution on civil rights. He began the Civil War with thoughts only of restoring the Union, ...

On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the ... Finally, on April 18, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army. 617,000 Americans had died in ...

ABRAHAM LINCOLN was born in Hardin Countv, Kentucky, Feb. 12, 1809. He moved to Indiana in 1816; came to Illinois in March, 1830: to old Sangamon County in 1831, settling in New-Salem: and from ...

1865, that John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Earlier that day, Lincoln was unusually cheerful. He had spoken with his son Robert that morning about his experience as a soldier ...

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 ...

Abraham Lincoln was an American hero — but a flawed one. As we celebrate his essential contributions to our country, let's ...

President Abraham Lincoln died in Washington, D.C., on this day in history, April 15, 1865, one day after he ... During Lincoln's presidency, the Civil War erupted as 11 states seceded from ...

This, no doubt, is true of any really great statesman, but it was remarkably so of Abraham Lincoln ... features in Lincoln's character, and a deep sense of the rights of his slave-holding fellow ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — On this day in history, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation ... and Culture said that this turned the Civil War into a war to end slavery.

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham ... Lincoln's surprising election in 1860 helped spark the war itself. His Gettysburg Address (1863) and Second Inaugural Address (1865 ...