President Andrew Johnson, having assumed the presidency after Lincoln’s assassination ... over” the South “three or four times before the war entirely ended.” The anomalies multiplied.

John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Most Americans know that much history. But the true story goes deeper than one man firing one bullet. When Monica Beletsky learned the assassination ...

The Civil War had begun ... to wait until the Union had a major victory before formally issuing the proclamation. Lincoln's chance came after the Union victory at the Battle of Antietam in ...

Spring Mill State Park will host an Abraham Lincoln show and a Civil War re ... directed to viewing areas for the 2 p.m. program. Before and after the event, guests will be welcome to tour the ...

but rather Lincoln’s second inaugural address. Delivered after his unexpected reelection and shortly before the end of the Civil War, it is universally regarded as one of the most important ...

He recalled President Abraham Lincoln’s speech and the events leading up to the American Civil War. "1860, this country was in big jeopardy. It was splitting apart. A house divided. Slavery or ...