As society's attitudes toward disabled people were changing, young Abraham Lincoln showed his empathy in both word and deed.
ALPLM collection includes Lincoln's final note on what the Confederacy would have to do to bring the Civil War to an end.
After a son's death, Mary Lincoln's sister helped hold the first family together.
After 160 years, could we figure out which members of the Electoral College cast these ballots for Abraham Lincoln?
After losing his Senate race, Abraham Lincoln pubished the record of his debates with Stephen Douglas, a strategy that helped him win the presidency.
'Complete Darkness': Looking back at the loss of Mary Lincoln and her beloved Tad
Claims that Lincoln was left off Southern ballots in 1860 don't account for the way elections were conducted back then.
The murder of Abraham Lincoln was met with anger and tears.
At the urging of a magazine "editress," Abraham Lincoln called for a day of thanksgiving on the last Thursday of November. It was a major step in making Thanksgiving the tradition we know today.
A Lincoln historian puts the spotlight on the meaning and power of the overly familiar words of the Gettysburg Address.