The nine-car train never traveled above 20 miles per hour to lend dignity to the mournful journey to Springfield.
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ACW Review: Abraham Lincoln (1930)
Mention filmmaker D.W. Griffith in most polite circles and you get howls of politically […]
Why Abraham Lincoln Decided War With the South Was His Only Choice
When war came in 1861, the influential Blair family had an untested president’s ear: Conciliation with the South was not an option.
Abraham Lincoln Looks West
Abraham Lincoln stood atop a hill outside Council Bluffs, Iowa, looking west. The broad […]
CWT Book Review: Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns
Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns: Connected Lives and Legends by Ferenc Morton Szasz, Southern […]
Abraham Lincoln: The Anti-Politician
Few expected him to run for president; even fewer expected he would win.
Abraham Lincoln Meets Frederick Douglass
On the sweltering morning of August 10, 1863…
Interview with Sam Waterston: The Man Who Played Abraham Lincoln
Sam Waterston, well-known to many for his numerous television and acting credits, starred on […]
Where Abraham Lincoln Went to Cry
IN THE SUMMER OF 1862—a season she called a “fiery furnace of affliction” following […]
Abraham Lincoln Greets General and Mrs. Tom Thumb
It was America’s first full-blown celebrity wedding, choreographed, publicized and staged by P.T. Barnum, […]