Gettysburg Address – Remarks by Abraham Lincoln- 07/07/1863

President Abraham Lincoln made these informal remarks a few days after two important Union victories. Earlier that day he received General Grant's dispatch announcing the capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Later on he appeared dejected during a Cabinet meeting because General Meade failed to pursue Lee after the battle of Gettysburg. Lincoln's audience this evening was a crowd outside the White House, accompanied by a band.