![]() ![]() Wills also puts to rest the story that Lincoln composed his address on the back of an envelope during the 80-mile train trip to Gettysburg. We learn, for example, that far from arriving at the last minute, as popular mythology has it, Lincoln anticipated the difficulties of reaching Gettysburg at a time when the railroad facilities were certain to be overtaxed and, against the advice of the men in charge of his schedule, set out from Washington a day in advance. Garry Wills has a lot of interesting things to say about the Gettysburg Address, and especially about the occasion on which it was delivered. ![]() Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America. ![]()
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