Secretary of State William Seward was attacked but ultimately survived. Image via Utah Digital Newspapers, the University of ...

“He was crucified for us!” an elderly African American from York, Pennsylvania, told a newspaper that Easter weekend.

Next month, history buffs will have the opportunity to bid on the gloves that President Lincoln wore on the night of his ...

US President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head by stage actor John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre ...

Richland County has an interesting link to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln -- and the death of his killer, John Wilkes Booth.

Pinkerton agent Kate Warne saved Abraham Lincoln's life in his first attempt on his life and was considered “the greatest ...

will host a lecture and exhibit unveiling commemorating the 160th anniversary of the Lincoln assassination. Gates will be up for visitor parking at 5 p.m., and a reception and exhibit unveiling will ...

America’s greatest president had moral vision, strategic genius, and astounding eloquence.

_ This April 1865 photo provided by the Library of Congress shows President Abraham Lincoln’s box at Ford’s Theater, ...

A pair of gloves carried by President Lincoln on the night he was shot could sell for over $1 million. Read about the Chicago ...

Hosted by Williams Collection of Lincolniana archivist Kaelynn Edmondson and Susannah J. Ural, the Frank and Virginia ...

Information in American society is supposed to be free and unfettered — the 42nd Street Main Reading Room at the New York Public Library. Neil Steinberg/Sun-Times Share Walt Whitman was a nurse ...