For all his modesty and wartime preoccupation, the 16th president was one of the most photographed men of his time, with a ...

Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809 in Kentucky. He would go on to rank among the best presidents in U.S. history, and he still makes news headlines when referenced by today's politicians.

The ultimate example of this accelerated aging process is no better reflected than in the death mask of President Abraham Lincoln, a 56-year-old man, who shouldered the burdens of a young country ...

Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he confronted the secession of the South and the dissolution of the Union with all the political ...

Lincoln had struggled to heal the wounds of war, yet he became one of its last victims, and the war left the country no less divided. Abraham Lincoln grew up on the American frontier. Born in a ...