"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." One political figure who forms a lesser-known part of the story is William H. Seward. The premiere ...

In an effort to further promote unity in the United States, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation in 1863 calling ...

President Abraham Lincoln issued his famous “Proclamation of Thanksgiving” on Oct. 3, 1863, with the Civil War still raging.

In 1861, Abraham Lincoln asked William Seward, his incoming secretary of state and former rival for the Republican presidential nomination, to critique a draft of his inaugural address. Seward ...

The Seward House Museum will offer more tour times for the "Lincoln Tour," a special tour through the house that shows visitors artifacts from the professional relationship and the friendship between ...

This is FRESH AIR. On Friday, Apple TV+ presents the first two episodes of a new seven-part historical miniseries. It's called "Manhunt," and it dramatizes the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the ...

Bullet to the brain, from one farm boy to another. When John Wilkes Booth fired a .44 lead ball into Abraham Lincoln’s head, the murder shook a nation to its core and led to 13 days of bedlam rivaling ...

The national holiday we know as Thanksgiving has a long and complex history. Since we live in Illinois, let’s focus on the role Abraham Lincoln played in its genesis. Perhaps you already know that as ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. First as governor of New York (1839–43) and later as a U.S. senator (1849–61), William H. Seward advocated strongly ...