The sick, achy Abraham Lincoln visited the dedication of Gettysburg National Cemetery. Some panned his remarks, and he faced grim prospects: More dead, losing the Civil War, and being thrown out of office. We look back on that 272-word speech — featuring the oldest known recording of an actor reenacting it for the Gramophone — and give a nod to several alternate history works: What if the battle had gone the other way?
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