“He was crucified for us!” an elderly African American from York, Pennsylvania, told a newspaper that Easter weekend.

A newly discovered letter written by former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln shows a side of her ... the context of the government during the Civil War, working to get women involved in the war ...

From guiding the nation through the Civil War, and preserving the ... Let’s have a look at Lincoln’s life’s trajectory with women. Mary Todd Lincoln: Mary Ann Todd was born into a large ...