Lincoln and the Question of Slavery     The institution of slavery was always and only hateful to the earnest and honest nature of L...

Abraham Lincoln's Nomination 1860 THE NOMINATION OF 1860.  The subject of this chapter is the Republican convention that nominat...

Lincoln Appoints Grant as Head of the Army of the Potomac     The great army of R. E. Lee operated, through the whole period of the ...

The Pursuit, Capture and Death of John Wilkes Booth Washington, April 28—8 P. M. A hard and grizzly face overlooks me as I write. Its incons...

Lincoln's Last Laugh Before Being Assassinated    Mr. Lincoln, accompanied by his wife, Miss Harris and Maj. Rathbone, of Alban...

Lincoln Assassination as Told by the Doctor at Fords Theatre  I hurried to Ford's Theatre, where I had been told President Linc...