For this reason, if for no other, the fragmentary contributions of friends and foes, of newspaper writers and book-makers, towards a life of Abraham Lincoln, will be secure of readers. Originally ...

It hardly seems possible that he would have time for other things, but he did have a personal life. Did Abraham Lincoln have children? Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, shared four sons but ...

In his 1863 Gettysburg Address, he argued that the war must lead to “a new birth of freedom” or it would have been fought in vain. Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln ...

Beginning with Lincoln’s impoverished childhood in southern Indiana ... “The surviving evidence — the number of letters ...

Abraham Lincoln grew up on the American frontier ... For much of her adult life, Mrs. Lincoln struggled with depression and mental instability. The death of three children and her husband's ...

Explore Abraham Lincoln's humble beginnings by visiting the remnants of two farm sites where Lincoln was born and lived until he was seven. Visitors can see a log cabin similar to Lincoln’s first home ...

The Rothschilds’ Waddesdon Manor: Not Your Typical English Country House It was on the night of Good Friday, April 14, 1865, that John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Earlier that day ...

For grades 11-12, lesson can be made more challenging by asking students to conduct further research into the personal life of Abraham Lincoln and/or the inner workings of his administration.