In his eulogy for Lincoln two years later, Charles Sumner, a Massachusetts senator and leading abolitionist, lauded the ...

A 200-Year Salute to Story and Song. Stylistically, it was a departure from his usual fare, as it included spoken word ...

The only known image of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg was uncovered in 1952 at the National Archives. It was taken by photographer Mathew Brady. Library of Congress In American History, November ...

February 12 marks the birth of one of the greatest leaders of the United States of America. On February 12, 1809 one person by the name of Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Kentucky. He grew ...

"The Civil War was the most important event in American history, the crossroads of our being,” says documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, whose 1990 The Civil War won 40 major television and film honors.

Considered the turning point of the Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg was also the bloodiest, amassing an estimated 51,000 casualties. The three-day conflict took place in July 1863 at what is ...

The roughly 6,000-acre Gettysburg National Military Park surrounds the downtown and is a must for history buffs, especially those with an interest in the Civil War. It was here that Confederate ...