Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Elsewhere in the country, parts of the rebel army ...

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

The last advices from America announce the arrival of Mr. LINCOLN at Washington. Never did country stand more in need of a ruler than the States in the last week of February, 1861; and never were ...

In his inaugural address, delivered on March 4, 1861, Lincoln proclaimed that it was his duty to maintain the Union. He also declared that he had no intention of ending slavery where it existed ...

In his first inaugural address, Lincoln delivered a final plea to the South to remain, but to no avail. War broke out in April 1861 with the attempt by the Federal government to resupply South ...

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It was March 4, 1861, and newly elected Abraham Lincoln would be inaugurated as president of a United States that was fracturing along a fault line delineated by the enslavement of Black people.

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 ...

On March 25, the nation comes together to observe Medal of Honor Day, a time to revere the bravery, courage, and sacrifice of ...

On March 25, the nation comes together to observe Medal of Honor Day, a time to revere the bravery, courage, and sacrifice of ...