Lincoln Lore

“Respect the Rights of All Nations, Demanding Equal Respect for Our Own”[1] The Grant Administration  & International Law Burrus Carnahan  In the last decade, historians have reassessed the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant. Previously considered one of our worst presidents,...

The Rolland Center for Lincoln Research by Emily Rapoza Download as PDF On the morning of January 10, 2022, The Rolland Center for Lincoln Research officially opened its doors and ushered in a new chapter for the Lincoln Financial Foundation...

Lucas Morel, Lincoln and the American Founding Reviewed by Burrus M. Carnahan In the fall of 2020, Professor Lucas Morel of Washington and Lee University spoke at the University of Colorado on “The 1619 Project as Missed Opportunity.” His point...

An Interview with Jonathan W. White by Sara Gabbard   Sara Gabbard: Please describe the Center for American Studies at Christopher Newport University. Jonathan White: The Center for American Studies is a group of faculty on campus who seek to...

The Nature of War:  An Interview with Burrus M. Carnahan Sara Gabbard:  A friend told me that a college professor once told the class that money is the only real cause of war throughout history.  Do you agree?  Burrus Carnahan:...

Lincoln Through the Eyes of History: Harold Holzer on Francis Carpenter SG:  When we first discussed your participation in this series of articles about Lincoln biographers, you asked if I thought that Francis Carpenter should be included.  Obviously, Carpenter does...

Sheehan-Dean, The Calculus of Violence: How Americans Fought the Civil War   For decades, historians have debated whether the American Civil War was the first modern, total war, foreshadowing the World Wars of the 20th Century, or whether it was...

Lincoln in Private: What His Most Personal Reflections Tell Us About Our Greatest President   By Ronald C. White, 2021 Book Reviewed by: E. Phelps Gay In this short, highly readable volume, Ronald C. White examines “fragments” left behind by our...

SANDRIDGE: Lincoln’s Home Away from Home during the New Salem Years By Guy Fraker The seminal role of New Salem in Abraham Lincoln’s maturation and development is well known.  The concurrent influence of the nearby Sandridge area and its people...

The “Great Emancipator” and the “Grim Chieftain”  Jason H. Silverman Abraham Lincoln was in trouble – and the fate of the United States tenuously hung in the balance.  The firing on Fort Sumter, five weeks after Lincoln took office, ominously...

Memories: An Interview with Harold Holzer Sara Gabbard: Recent questions about the fate of various Civil War memorials raise several obvious questions.  Is there a profound difference between possible sites for statues; e.g. public vs. private property? Harold Holzer: To...

An Interview with Richard Etulain regarding his new book Abraham Lincoln: A Western Legacy Sara Gabbard: Please explain the series on South Dakota history which this book represents: Richard Etulain:  This book is part of the South Dakota Biography Series...

Joseph R. Fornieri, (Carbondale, Southern Illinois University Press, 2014).   In the preface to Abraham Lincoln: Philosopher President, Joseph Fornieri recounts President Lincoln’s response to a group of serenaders after his 1864 reelection.  Recalling the events of the bitter, divisive...

Lincoln and Democracy By Allen C. Guelzo The word democracy occurs only 137 times in the collected writings of Abraham Lincoln. But no other word described what he saw as the most natural, the most just, and the most progressive...

An Interview with Michael Burlingame regarding the Lincoln Cottage Project Sara Gabbard:  What is the “Lincoln Cottage?” Michael Burlingame:  Lincoln’s Springfield Cottage (not to be confused with the Lincoln Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home in Washington, D.C.) is a replica...