In November 1861, the first year of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and while the Civil War was raging, Julia and Chev traveled to Washington and met Abraham Lincoln, who, Julia wrote, “was laboring…under a terrible pressure of doubt and anxiety.” Dr. Howe was on the board of the U.S...
EMANCIPATION of slavesHISTORYThe article discusses the history of African American colonization in the U.S. and its importance to the relationship between President Abraham Lincoln and his Secretary of State William H. Seward during the Civil War in 1861-1865. Topics include the r...
A friendly yet not uncritical biography of the secretary of state in the Lincoln and Andrew Johnson Cabinets. Taylor -- who chronicled his father's life in General Maxwell Taylor (1987) -- offers neither much original scholarship nor a fresh approach, but writes smoothly and with balance. Why...
Abraham Lincoln’s cats included Tabby and Dixie. The president also brought a few strays into the White House. PresidentAbraham Lincoln“possessed extraordinary kindness of heart when his feelings could be reached,” wrote Treasury official Mansell B. Field in his memoirs. “He was fond of dumb...
Abraham Lincoln led his country through a tumultuous period and played an instrumental role in abolishing slavery while preserving the Union as the 16th president of the United States.
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, murderous attack on Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., on the evening of April 14, 1865. Shot in the head by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth, Linco