Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: Abraham Lincoln
This ebook version of Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade's Abraham Lincoln has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
The History Place
The History Place: Timeline Photos Gettysburg
This site from The History Place provides a very extensive timeline of the life and work of Abraham Lincoln. Throughout the timeline are photos that can be enlarged, links to many speeches and papers, and other historical information....
University of Michigan
Abraham Lincoln Association: The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
This site from the Humanities Text Initiative allows you to search the complete works of Abraham Lincoln by document title or phrase/keyword search.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Us History: Election of 1860: Lincoln Elected
Looks at the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, and the divisions between North and South that resulted. Shortly after the election, a group of Southern states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America. The animosity between...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 by Abraham Lincoln
Read the full text of volume one of "The Writings of Abraham Lincoln". This anthology combines speeches, writings, and letters by Abraham Lincoln, as well as interpretative essays by historians.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2
Read the full text of volume two of "The Writings of Abraham Lincoln". This anthology combines speeches, resolutions, and letters written by Abraham Lincoln.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 3
Read the full text of volume two of "The Writings of Abraham Lincoln". This anthology combines speeches and the first three Lincoln-Douglas debates.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 4
Read the full text of volume four of "The Writings of Abraham Lincoln". This anthology focuses on debates four through seven of the infamous Lincoln-Douglas debates.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 5
Read the full text of volume five of "The Writings of Abraham Lincoln". This anthology combines speeches and letters written by Abraham Lincoln during the beginning years of the Civil War.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 6
Read the full text of volume six of "The Writings of Abraham Lincoln". This anthology combines telegrams, writings, and messages to Congress by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
Other
Berwick Academy: The Life of Abraham Lincoln
Produced by students, this illustrated history and timeline reveals the life and career of the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln.
Other
Chicago Tribune: Presidential Portraits: Abraham Lincoln [Pdf]
One-page illustrated profile of Abraham Lincoln itemizes select biographical facts and key events of his presidency.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Abraham Lincoln: 2nd
Read the text of Lincoln's second inaugural address given on March 4, 1865.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: American Presidency: Abraham Lincoln
Brief biographical sketch of America's sixteenth president includes background information on the era in which he served and linked-to objects from the Smithsonian's collections that help define the man and his presidency.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Mask of Lincoln: John Wilkes Booth
The National Portrait Gallery publishes a captioned portrait of John Wilkes Booth in which Booth's animosity toward Lincoln and the events of Lincoln's assassination are recounted.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Mask of Lincoln: Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln
Learn about the often-difficult relationship between Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, from this artist portrait of the couple and attendant caption.
Library of Congress
Loc: "O Captain! My Captain!"
This site from the Library of Congress provides comments on a poem written by Walt Whitman at the death of Abraham Lincoln. Image of the manuscript available at this Library of Congress site.
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Lincoln Sesquicentennial Issue
Special series of stamps recognizing the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's birth.
Teaching American History
Teaching American History: Document Library: Lincoln: Cooper Institute Address
Full-text transcript of Abraham Lincoln's address to the Cooper Union Institute, delivered in February 1860 and largely credited as the speech that won Lincoln the presidency.
Siteseen
Siteseen: Civil Conflict: Cost of the Civil War
Discussion of the cost of the Civil War which is estimated at 15.5 billion dollars. Provides a chart detailing the cost to the North and the South with statistics and facts about the population, the number of soldiers, and the number of...
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Siteseen: Civil Conflict: Battle of the Wilderness
Summarizes events of the Battle of the Wilderness, a major battle fought in Virginia in 1864 during the Civil War.
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Siteseen: Civil Conflict: Siege of Petersburg
Summarizes events of the Siege of Petersburg which took place from 1864-1865 during the Civil War.
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Siteseen: Civil Conflict: Union Blockade
Explains what the Union Blockade was, also known as the Anaconda Plan. Describes its purpose, how it began, its location, how the North built up its navy, how the Confederacy fought back against the Union Blockade, the positions taken by...
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Siteseen: Civil Conflict: Battle of Mobile Bay
Summarizes events of the Battle of Mobile Bay which took place in 1864 during the Civil War.