The Lincoln Presidential Foundation is in debt, so it is putting more than 100 of its artifacts up for auction. The ...

The anonymous “Paddle 1231” won most of the priciest artifacts, including a lock of Lincoln’s hair and a pair of ...

Lincoln’s second inaugural address is one of the most consequential presidential speeches in U.S. history, both for its eloquence and its impact. At only 703 words, it was the third shortest ...

Lincoln’s second inaugural address is one of the most consequential presidential speeches in U.S. history, both for its eloquence and its impact. At only 703 words, it was the third shortest ...

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

"For too long," says Ronald C. White, Jr., "Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address has lived under the shadow of the Gettysburg Address. And yet Lincoln thought this was his best effort." White does ...

In March, following Lincoln's second inauguration, first Petersburg and then Richmond finally fall to Grant's army. Lee's tattered Army of Northern Virginia flees westward toward a tiny crossroads ...

Vice President-elect Andrew Johnson was drunk when he was sworn in during his inauguration. Before Abraham Lincoln took to the stage for his second inauguration in March 1865, there was the ...

WASHINGTON — A look at the lineup of official inaugural events surrounding Donald ... Musical Prelude by The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Combined Choirs Prelude: ''The President's Own ...