Abraham Lincoln's boyhood log cabin home in Knob Creek, Kentucky

How the Presidency Weighed on Abraham Lincoln: Photos

Armed with light machine guns, Soviet troops attack the German forces in the vicinity of the Red October plant in Stalingrad on November 26, 1942.

A longtime journalist, Banks was a senior editor for ESPN.com and The Dallas Morning News. His writing has appeared in&nbsp;The New York Times, Civil War Times, Civil War Monitor, Civil War News, America's Civil War and Military Images, among other publications.&nbsp;

John Banks

A longtime journalist, Banks was a senior editor for ESPN.com and The Dallas Morning News. His writing has appeared in&nbsp;The New York Times, Civil War Times, Civil War Monitor, Civil War News, America&#8217;s Civil War and Military Images, among other publications.&nbsp;

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A longtime journalist, Banks was a senior editor for ESPN.com and The Dallas Morning News. His writing has appeared in&nbsp;The New York Times, Civil War Times, Civil War Monitor, Civil War News, America's Civil War and Military Images, among other publications.&nbsp;

America’s Founding Fathers decided that one elected civilian - the U.S. president - would lead the executive branch of the federal government, a governmental structure that has remained in place for more than 200 years.

U.S. Presidents

The Civil War was America's bloodiest and most divisive conflict, pitting the Union Army against the Confederate States of America. The war resulted in the deaths of more than 620,000 people, with millions more injured and the South left in ruins.

Civil War

Sports and recreation are an integral part of human history, from the ancient Olympics to the Kentucky Derby, Jackie Robinson, Negro League Baseball, the Super Bowl and more.

Sports

<a href="https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history">World War II</a> was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated the Axis powers of Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy in 1945. Explore the battles, leaders and atrocities from the war and its impact on geopolitics and humankind.

World War II

Explore the wars, battles, leaders, civilizations, regimes, prominent figures and major events from the continent that encompasses 2 percent of the Earth’s surface. From Stonehenge to the Great Awakening to the French Revolution to the rise and fall of Communism in Russia, see how Europe’s often tumultuous history unfolded.

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