Following the Civil War and the assassination of the president, Douglas penned a letter that was republished in newspapers of ...

The blood-stained leather gloves that were in Lincoln’s pocket the night he was assassinated were among the 144 items up for ...

A massive Abraham Lincoln auction, the most extensive sale of items from America's 16th president, yielded big prices ...

On May 20, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which was intended to encourage settlements west of the Mississippi River by making federal land available for private ownership ...

Liam Neeson was once set to star under Steven Spielberg's direction as the iconic American president Abraham Lincoln, but ended up dropping out.

Republican National Convention provided the young, burgeoning Chicago with perhaps its first real national recognition.