When Lincoln left Illinois and headed east for his inauguration, he told the crowd at the Springfield railroad station that he confronted challenges equal only to those that had faced the nation’s ...

He added, “We must extinguish our resentments if we expect harmony and union.” It is all too easy to make comparisons between Lincoln ... an assistant editor of National Affairs.

He led his nation through the most difficult times it had known, restoring a shattered Union ... Party in 1856. Two years later, in a battle that made national headlines, Lincoln fought Democrat ...

In addition to being president, Abraham Lincoln was the post-master of New Salem; he also offered services as a wood chopper, county deputy surveyor, and lawyer. Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room ...

He led his nation through the most difficult times it had known, restoring a shattered Union ... Party in 1856. Two years later, in a battle that made national headlines, Lincoln fought Democrat ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains ... barely a month after Lincoln took office, Confederate forces fired on Union troops at Fort Sumter, South Carolina ...