Quick and Dirty History

Besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show? President Abraham Lincoln sat down to enjoy a play at Ford’s Theatre, but the night took a deadly turn. ...

The final days of the Civil War...from Lincoln’s hard-fought reelection in 1864 to the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment and the surrender at Appoma...

The American Civil War rages on, but Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant intend to end it...at any cost. "War is cruelty…there is no use in trying to...

When the armies meet at Gettysburg during the American Civil War...it's carnage, and Abraham Lincoln has a few words to say about it too.

Who decided a bird gets presidential pass? Is it justice, or just plain fowl play? This turkey has better legal representation than you do! This is wh...

The Emancipation Proclamation, it's the first big step toward ending slavery, but it was also a crucial move to keep Europe out of the American Civil ...