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2 days ago · Abraham Lincoln. president of United States. Also known as: Honest Abe, The Great Emancipator, The Rail-splitter. Written by. Richard N. Current. University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History, University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Author of Daniel Webster and the Rise of National Conservatism; The Lincoln Nobody Knows; and others.
- Leadership in War
Abraham Lincoln - War Leader, Union Army, Emancipation...
- Reputation and Character
But there is a malevolent Lincoln as well, and to many...
- The Road to Presidency
Abraham Lincoln - Road to Presidency, Stephen A. Douglas,...
- Postwar Policy
Abraham Lincoln - Postwar Policy, Reconstruction,...
- Wartime Politics
Abraham Lincoln - Wartime Politics, the Union Cause, 1864...
- Prairie Lawyer
Abraham Lincoln - Prairie Lawyer, Legal Career in Illinois,...
- Early Political Career
Abraham Lincoln - Whig Party, Illinois State Legislature, US...
- Lincoln's Family
Abraham Lincoln - Family, Mary Todd & Sons, Religious Sense:...
- Leadership in War
1 day ago · On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died of his wounds the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater.
2 days ago · But there is a malevolent Lincoln as well, and to many Southerners from the time of the Civil War and to some conservative critics today, Lincoln is the wicked slayer of liberty and states’ rights and the father of the all-controlling national state. Lincoln’s reputation began to grow while he was still alive.
4 days ago · Abraham Lincoln - War Leader, Union Army, Emancipation Proclamation: As a war leader, Lincoln employed the style that had served him as a politician—a description of himself, incidentally, that he was not ashamed to accept.
2 days ago · On Feb. 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in a log cabin in Hardin (now LaRue) County, Kentucky. From these humble beginnings, Lincoln would go on to become one of the most revered leaders in American history. Abraham Lincoln became the United States' 16th President in 1861, issuing the Emancipation ...
23 hours ago · The 1860 United States presidential election was the 19th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860.In a four-way contest, the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin won a national popular plurality, a popular majority in the North where states already had abolished slavery, and a national electoral majority comprising only Northern electoral ...
1 day ago · On November 19, 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, considered one of the best-known speeches in American history. A crowd of citizens and soldiers surround Lincoln (with a red arrow pointing to his location in photo).
