But Abraham Lincoln opposed slavery when he was elected president ... expansion of slavery into new territories. States’ Rights vs. Federal Authority: The Southern states believed in the ...

In this first episode of Kings and Generals’ animated series on the American Civil War, we explore the core causes of the ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones will speak at 6:30 p.m. June 17 at Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum as part of a Juneteenth collaboration among the museum, ...

More than 50 years have passed since USC played Notre Dame in their 1974 season game and clawed back to overcome a 24-point ...

On September 17, 1862, over 23,000 soldiers fell in a single day near the small town of Sharpsburg, Maryland. The battle ...

Since they saw it as a safe haven for slavery, many enslavers from outside the Lone Star State had relocated there. Southern states began to secede from the Union (or the United States of America) ...