cost us the life of Abraham Lincoln." The rival parties of the Reconstruction era were not, of course, historians quibbling over a footnote. They were politicians seeking power, and they invoked ...

Reconstruction of the South, 1857. Library of Congress. January 1: President Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that the majority of the nation's slave population ...

Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe ... However, his assassination prevented him from overseeing the reconstruction of the Union he ...

The Reconstruction era and the period of economic ... with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. The close of the bloody conflict gave many Americans hope of returning to the old way ...

Abraham Lincoln grew up on the American frontier ... He planned to pursue a Reconstruction policy in which the South was given generous treatment. But he also listened to the Radical Republicans ...

On Sunday, President Joe Biden issued a pardon for his son Hunter Biden, but he is not the first president to issue a ...

Biden is neither the first president, nor will he be the last, to use his power to benefit his own. Just wait till the next ...

After victorious federal troops swept through southern Louisiana in 1862, the state became the testing ground for Abraham Lincoln's approach to reconstruction, and thus the focal point for the debate ...

A facial reconstruction of a medieval priest found buried at Lincoln Cathedral has been unveiled. The priest's remains were discovered among 50 burials unearthed during renovation works in January.

Four Ways to Help Religious Freedom Recover from Biden-Harris Attacks It was on the night of Good Friday, April 14, 1865, that John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Earlier that day ...

Although Stanton disagreed with President Johnson on Reconstruction ... Edwin Stanton's life following the assassination of ...