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As a young man, Lincoln had taken flatboat trips down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. While traveling, he saw other boats become unavoidably grounded on sandbars that were created by the river's shifting currents. His interest sparked by the sight,...

Sixteenth president of the United States and president during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was immortalized by his Emancipation Proclamation, his Gettysburg Address, and two outstanding inaugural addresses. Abraham Lincoln was born on...

When a president takes the oath of office, he swears to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution." Based on that duty, Abraham Lincoln exerted more power than any previous president. He made full use of the broad Constitutional authority given to...

Born February 12, 1809 Hodgenville, Kentucky Died April 15, 1865 Washington, D.C. Sixteenth president of the United...

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years by Carl Sandburg Although born over a decade after Abraham Lincoln's death, Carl Sandburg spent a large part of his life writing about the deeds and accomplishments of this American leader. Abraham Lincoln: The...

(b. February 12, 1809; d. April 15, 1865) Sixteenth president of the United States (1861–1865). Abraham Lincoln's life was lived under the shadow of war. During his lifetime he would witness three major American wars: the War of 1812,...

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the sixteenth President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1861 until his assassination. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States,[1][2] Lincoln won...

REMARKABLE as it is to say, two books have appeared now within a year of each other that might well retain full authority a hundred years hence and thus meet Samuel Johnson's criterion for a classic. One is Donald Kagan's On the Origins...

"I have heard him [Abraham Lincoln] say over & over again about sexual contact. 'It is the harp of a thousand strings.'" --Henry C. Whitney to William H. Herndon, June 23, 1887 IT IS A TRUISM that Abraham Lincoln was incompetent...

When it comes to Abraham Lincoln, apparently there's no such thing as enough.After countless books about his boyhood, his presidency, the hunt for his killer and yes, even his feet, maybe it was time for a new book devoted to what happened to Lincoln's body...

A battered old hat, a pair of stained gloves, a child's silly rhyme _ hardly the stuff of history.Except that this hat is a stovepipe hat, the gloves are stained with a president's blood and the rhyme was written by a young Abraham Lincoln.All three...

An analysis of Lincoln's controversial views on slavery using his quotes and historical context.

The life, presidency, and death of the 16th U.S. president, Abraham Lincoln.

A comparison of the Civil War presidencies of Abraham Lincoln for the Union and Jefferson Davis for the Confederacy shows some similarities. Both conflicted with other individuals in their respective governments -- Lincoln with the U.S. Senate, Davis with his vice president Alexander Stephens. Both also had weaknesses to overcome; Lincoln had little government experience and showed an inability to control his Cabinet members, while Davis easily made enemies and preferred leading an army over establishing