SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Crowds clogged the muddy streets around the state Capitol as the dreary day receded into night. Liquor flowed freely, gamblers took bets and fights broke out at polling places. A ...
CHICAGO -- When it comes to Abraham Lincoln, apparently there's no such thing as enough. After countless books about his boyhood, his presidency, the hunt for his killer and yes, even his feet, maybe ...
Lincoln led through crisis by aligning decisive action with a long horizon, turning the fight to save the Union into a moral ...