Abraham Lincoln rose from poverty to become a self ... mere days away from his eighty-third birthday. The next son to be born after Robert was Edward Baker "Eddie Lincoln" in 1846, who sadly ...

Delivered on the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, the Gettysburg Address is known by some as the greatest speech in the world – and one of Abraham Lincoln's defining moments.

Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he confronted the secession of the South and the dissolution of the Union with all the political ...