41-calibre bullet with which John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln on the night of April ... the main field army of the Southern Confederacy had surrendered at Appomattox Court ...

With Election Day just around the corner, thoughts from historian Jon Meacham, whose new book chronicles the life and evolution of President Abraham Lincoln ... to cede power graciously should ...

In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln ran against John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat), John Bell (Constitutional ... of the President allowing for the chief executive to hold full power over ...

In September 1862, weeks before he issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham ... Lincoln was the first president to understand and channel the spiritual and institutional power ...

President Abraham ... timing of Lincoln’s statement, just six weeks before he memorialized the tragedy of the Civil War with the Gettysburg Address, helps prove the healing power of gratitude ...

Abraham Lincoln 23. "Adhere to your purpose, and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution and will ...

Presidents Day offers a valuable opportunity to revisit Abraham ... executive in power, it might feel good in the moment, but it’s a moment that is likely fleeting. Because as Lincoln made ...

Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809 in Kentucky. He would go on to rank among the best presidents in U.S. history, and he still makes news headlines when referenced by today's politicians.