The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 was a pivotal moment in American history, leading to Southern secession and the Civil ...

The 1860 presidential election, which saw Abraham Lincoln win without Southern support, intensified divisions over slavery ...

Abraham Lincoln's 1861 handwritten letter recommending his Black friend William Johnson for a job is now on display at the ...

Imagine a federal initiative that builds a nationwide system of universities and colleges equipped to educate and train every ...

November 6th is a date that has witnessed a variety of significant events throughout history, spanning the realms of politics ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Tom Wheeler provided a brief history of the telegraph. The Virginia Center for Civil War Studies at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg hosted this ...

An 1861 job-reference letter from Abraham Lincoln on behalf of a young Black friend and valet provides a glimpse of an ...

Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War will be the topic of the next — and next-to-last — Trumbull Town Hall lecture. Louis Masur, a professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University, will ...

The Sons of Union Veterans of the American Civil War hope readers can help them find George M Green who lived in Hull in the ...

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Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Actors John Floyd and Kaiyla Gross read letters written from Hannibal Cox and Annie Davis to President Abraham Lincoln. This event took place onstage ...