President Lincoln’s Cottage

How Are Teens Following in Lincoln’s Footsteps? Your Front-Row Seat to the 2017 Students Opposing Slavery Summit

By Callie Hawkins Associate Director for Programs President Lincoln’s Cottage Students Opposing Slavery (SOS) is an award-winning youth education and modern...

Students Are Opposing Slavery with the Help of President Lincoln’s Cottage — Here’s how you can join them

Slavery. It’s an issue that still exists today. In 2012, four teens founded Students Opposing Slavery at President Lincoln’s Cottage...

Lincoln’s Cottage Tours • Daily, 10am-3pm

Admission to the Cottage is by guided tour only and requires a tour ticket. Advanced ticket purchase is strongly recommended,...

Which first lady was declared insane?

Ten years after her husband’s assassination, Mary Todd Lincoln’s only remaining child had her declared insane and admitted to a sanitarium...

Who is considered one of the most controversial women in American history?

Mary Todd Lincoln ranks among the most controversial women in American history. High-strung and mercurial, at times she exercised poor...

What was the divorce rate in the Civil War?

In the 20 years after the Civil War, the national divorce rate increased 150 percent.

What is a carpetbagger?

The term “carpetbagger” was used by Southerners to describe opportunistic Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction. These newcomers...

Did weapons or disease kill more men during the Civil War?

During the Civil War, 2 percent of the US population died. This is equivalent to 6 million men today. While...

How many people were killed in the Civil War?

Nearly 3,000 people died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. About the same number of men died in...

Lincoln’s Respite: Historian Erin Carlson Mast Shows Another Side of the President at Lincoln’s Cottage

As the executive director of President Lincoln’s Cottage, Erin Carlson Mast has worked on a variety of key projects since 2003—including...

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