The president’s iconic beard was a product of the anxious new realities of the photographic age.

PETERSBURG — Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic assassination, Abraham Lincoln had New Salem. The tiny central ...

A Wilton auction house is offering a collection of more than 60 lots of items pertaining to the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. University Archives, which offered ...

SUNBURY — Abraham Lincoln will attend the opening of an extensive display about the president at noon April 27 in Sunbury. Northumberland County Historical Society officials will unveil the ...

Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their paper trumpeting the end of the Civil War: “Victory, Victory” and ...

The sketch runs just under 600 words. “It’s not very long, even though it's called an autobiography, but it's only one of two times that Lincoln really sits down and reflects on his life and puts down ...

American history enthusiasts, take note. An auction of artifacts relating to U.S. president Abraham Lincoln includes his own personal possessions, such as clothing, as well as autograph letters ...

American history buffs will soon be able to bid on a set of 140 rare artifacts that formerly belonged to President Abraham Lincoln. A pair of blood-stained white kid-leather gloves carried by the ...

American history buffs will soon be able to bid on a set of 140 rare artifacts that formerly belonged to President Abraham Lincoln. A pair of blood-stained white kid-leather gloves carried by the ...

Just two years later, Martin sold the property to attorney and historian Charles Isham and his wife Mary Todd “Mamie” Lincoln, the granddaughter of President Abraham Lincoln, and they topped ...

Abraham Lincoln was an American hero — but a flawed one. As we celebrate his essential contributions to our country, let’s also acknowledge some ugly truths that reflect the times in which our our ...