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 ...

NMAH/SI Upon hearing the name Abraham Lincoln, many images may come to mind: rail-splitter, country lawyer, young congressman, embattled president, Great Emancipator, assassin's victim ...

Abraham Lincoln is widely considered one of the United ... Jefferson Davis or Uncle Sam lies beaten in the background Excerpt from book The Martyr President; Our Grief and Our Duty, J.

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories on the Noa app. This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives ...

In addition to being president, Abraham Lincoln was the post-master of New Salem; he also offered services as a wood chopper, county deputy surveyor, and lawyer. Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room ...

A licensed embalmer Lee Eutsey shared his findings about the surgeons who conducted Lincoln's autopsy and the mystery of the whereabouts of the late president's brain.