Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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Photo of Abraham Lincoln

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A photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken after his November 1860 election and before his March 1861 inauguration.

How Abraham Lincoln’s 1860 election victory set America on the path to Civil War

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A 19th-century painting of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

What if… Abraham Lincoln hadn't been assassinated?

View of East Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Photo by Library of Congress)

Everything you ever wanted to know about the American Civil War, but were afraid to ask

Violence erupted in New Orleans, and white southerners killed and injured more than 100 freed slaves during a riot against reconstruction plans. (Image by Alamy)

Rebuilding America after the Civil War: did reconstruction sow more division?

Abraham Lincoln (Photo by Library of Congress)

The secret plot to kill Lincoln

John Wilkes Booth leans forward to shoot President Abraham Lincoln as he watches a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C, in 1865.

Q&A What play was Abraham Lincoln watching when he was shot?

Pocahontas and John Smith in Disney's ‘Pocahontas’ (1995). (Photo by AF archive/Alamy Stock Photo)

Disney history: how has the corporation shaped our perception of the past?

US President John F Kennedy gives his first State of the Union address to Congress at the House of Representatives, Washington DC, 30 January 1961. Kennedy is one of eight presidents to have died during their term in office. (Photo by NASA/SSPL/Getty Images)

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Robert E Lee (seated at the table, left) surrenders to Union commander Ulysses S Grant at Appomattox Court House. (Image by Alamy)

A battle of wills: why the South lost the American Civil War

An illustration depicting the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, 1865. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Q&A Could modern medicine have saved Abraham Lincoln?

President Abraham Lincoln visiting soldiers encamped at the Civil War battlefield of Antietam in Maryland, 1 October 1862. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

The American Civil War: 7 facts and fictions

An illustration showing the effects of the Fugitive Slave Act, passed by Congress in 1850. The law aimed to make it easier for slaveholders to reclaim runaway ‘property’ in the free states, and contributed to rising political tension. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images)

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