In 1875, Congress paid Brady $25,000 for full title to his Civil War images. A kidney condition ... Among Gardner's distinguished sitters were President Lincoln and his secretaries, John G.

Firstly, the photograph of Lincoln used to doctor the painting ... However, although he was renowned for his Civil War images, Brady was previously a painter – and was said by Dr Hany Farid ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

On April 12, 1861, barely a month after Lincoln took office, Confederate forces fired on Union troops at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, and the Civil War began. Lincoln acted swiftly, wielding more ...

Sixty-four years ago, the Estes Park Trail, predecessor to the Estes Park Trail-Gazette, ran columns highlighting the ...

Finally, constitutionally and politically, Lincoln had to grapple with the evolving meaning of the Civil War. Initially, Lincoln espoused only the cause of Unionism. But as the war continued, he saw ...

although Lincoln did not live to see the ratification of the amendment in December 1865. Our collections provide many perspectives on the Civil War and give a fuller understanding of this epic event.

How much do you know about the Civil War? Our history quiz covers some of the basic Civil War questions that we feel are ...

In researching my book “Lincolnomics,” I discovered how Lincoln became our first great champion of infrastructure — surprisingly during the height of the Civil War. Lincoln had an early head ...