Visitors and townsfolk serenade President Lincoln on a warm and clear Gettysburg evening

Abraham Lincoln was being hosted in the home of David Wills the night before the dedication of Gettysburg's new National Cemetery.  On a warm moonlit, evening, assembled crowds serenaded the president below the windows of the house on the town square.  Lincoln spoke a few words and then the crowd moved onto to serenade Secretary of State William Seward, who was staying at another private house nearby.  (By John Osborne)