A statue of Abraham Lincoln commemorating the 16th U.S. president's only visit to the one-time capital of the Confederacy was dedicated with speeches and ceremony.

RICHMOND, April 5 -- The unveiling of an Abraham Lincoln statue today in downtown Richmond, a city his armies once conquered, was heralded as part of an effort to heal old wounds.

A statue of Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad faces the National Park Service Visitors Center (on left) and the carpenter shop (on right) at Historic Tredegar in 2010. ALEXA WELCH EDLUND, Times-Dispatch ...

The invitation to speak at the dedication of the new statue of Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad in Richmond next Saturday took me by surprise. But perhaps it shouldn't have.

When Abraham Lincoln arrived in Richmond in April 1865, he got a reception that was surprisingly warm, considering that he was visiting the capital of the rebellion he had spent four years ...

When Abraham Lincoln visited the capital of the Confederacy near the end of the Civil War, he was greeted by a crowd of men and women celebrating their first taste of freedom. One hundred thirty-ei… ...

To the contrary, of course, Abraham Lincoln was a great man. On Saturday, a bronze statue of Lincoln and his youngest son, Tad, will be dedicated in Richmond, Va., a city that was the capital of ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Abraham Lincoln is returning to the capital of the Confederacy, much to the chagrin of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Five days before the Civil War ended in April 1865, the ...

AND THE CIVIL WAR goes on. In Richmond, various sons and daughters of the lost cause are raising a fuss over a statue of Abraham Lincoln that will commemorate his visit to the conquered ...

Lincoln Statue NPR's Adam Hochberg reports on a debate over a proposed statue of Abraham Lincoln in Richmond, Va. Some people say a monument to the Civil War president has no place in the former ...

When Abraham Lincoln visited the capital of the Confederacy near the end of the Civil War, he was greeted by a crowd of men and women celebrating their first taste of freedom. One hundred thirty-ei… ...