During one of the most personally challenging parts of the Civil War, Lincoln wrote a private “Meditation on the Divine Will.

On this day, April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died after being shot by John Wilkes Booth.

On April 15, 1865, the Civil War had just ended, the 16th U.S. president had been killed. How would Americans respond?

Abraham Lincoln was shot dead on this day, April 15, 1865, making this the 156th anniversary of his death. On this day, John ...

There’s an old Bob Newhart routine about Abraham Lincoln. Newhart’s early career featured a stand-up shtick in which he ...

You might have learned in history class that President Abraham Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865, while he and his wife were ...

The handwritten notification of President Abraham Lincoln's death is being offered for sale by a Philadelphia documents dealer. Nathan Raab, president of the Raab Collection, says the telegram was ...

(WXYZ) — President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while sitting in a chair at Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865. He died a day later on April 15. That rocking ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum announced it has obtained a chair from the Ford Theatre that in use the ...

Treasured artifacts associated with President Abraham Lincoln were on the auction block Wednesday, separated from a collection that was intended to be available for public display forever but wound up ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Treasured artifacts associated with President Abraham Lincoln were on the auction block Wednesday, separated from a collection that was intended to be available for public ...