The Ohio Statehouse was decorated in black in preparation for Lincoln's arrival. April, 1865. On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Following his death, his body traveled on a ...

CHICAGO -- When it comes to Abraham Lincoln, apparently there's no such thing as enough. After countless books about his boyhood, his presidency, the hunt for his killer and yes, even his feet, maybe ...

Curious Cbus investigates a viewer's question about a Abraham Lincoln's Funeral Train. On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated and following his death, his body traveled on a ...

Part I. The public body (1840-1865) -- Lincoln's body politic -- Last words, last breath -- The martyr and his relics -- African Americans and their emancipator -- Rolling funeral, living corpse -- ...

The nation wanted to see him. Weeks after an assassin gunned down President Abraham Lincoln in a Washington, D.C., theater, a train pulled his body across a war-pocked United States. The “Lincoln ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Crowds clogged the muddy streets around the state Capitol as the dreary day receded into night. Liquor flowed freely, gamblers took bets and fights broke out at polling places. A ...

Today is Friday, May 3, the 124th day of 2024. There are 242 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: Advertisement Article continues below this ad On May 3, 1979, Conservative Party ...

Items that President Abraham Lincoln had the night he was assassinated – including white leather gloves with splatters of blood on them – are up for auction, drawing ire from the collection’s former ...

Items on Abraham Lincoln’s body the night he was assassinated, his earliest known handwriting and other extraordinary relics from his life are being auctioned this week in a sale that drew bitter ...