It was here, on August 27, 1858, that U.S. senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas waged a war of words. "Imagine that you're there," says my guide, George Buss, stepping onto the ...

Editor’s note: The following lightly edited excerpt is from Chicago writer Edward Robert McClelland’s new book, “Chorus of the Union: How Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas Set Aside Their Rivalry to ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Abraham Lincoln, right, and Stephen Douglas are depicted debating at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., in 1858 ...

Chances are you’ve heard of the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858. The series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas launched Lincoln into national prominence, and he ...

Fact 1: Vermont is the birthplace of 19th-century American statesman Stephen A. Douglas, who sprang from a childhood in Brandon to Congress as an illustrious senator from Illinois. Fact 2: The ...

The year was 1858. Disunion seemed increasingly likely in the United States. Debates raged over whether slavery should be abolished, remain confined to 15 states concentrated in the South or be ...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- A Southern Illinois historic preservation group wants to raise $100,000 or more erect statues to commemorate the Lincoln-Douglas debate that occurred in Jonesboro on Sept. 15, 1858.

In Freeport, Illinois, just beyond the somnolent downtown, a small park near the Pecatonica River is wedged next to the public library. In the mid-19th century, however, land along the shore stretched ...

Fact 1: Vermont is the birthplace of 19th-century American statesman Stephen A. Douglas, who sprang from a childhood in Brandon to Congress as an illustrious senator from Illinois. Fact 2: The ...