(This column has been updated to correct the year of Abraham Lincoln's death ... and in his funeral procession en route to Springfield, Illinois, in 1865. Lincoln reminds us that good presidents ...

Critics are warning that without swift intervention, "we risk losing these historical assets" at Lincoln's New Salem site.

When Lincoln left Illinois and headed east for his inauguration, he told the crowd at the Springfield railroad station that he ... Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln ...

Abraham Lincoln spent his birthday in Cincinnati on Feb. 12, 1861, on his way from Springfield, Illinois, to the nation’s capital for his inauguration. The president-elect didn’t know what ...

Residents could seen see an additional piece of history at Breckenridge Park, honoring the late President Abraham Lincoln. The goal is to place a bronze statue in the park, honoring the legacy of ...

A Pekin woman who gained her freedom from indentured servitude with the help of Abraham Lincoln more than two decades before he issued the Emancipation Proclamation as president is the subject of a ...

Abraham Lincoln grew ... the first of four terms. In 1836 Lincoln passed the Illinois bar and began to practice law, trying cases both in the capital of Springfield and all over the state, where ...