Lincoln's presence attracted a huge crowd, according to a local
newspaper: "For everyone inside there were ten on the outside,
who wanted to get in." Before the late-afternoon meeting was over,
however, Lincoln had to leave for the Gettysburg railroad depot
and his duties in Washington. By this time he was already
feeling ill, having contracted a mild form of small pox. Lincoln Pew
President Lincoln and local Gettysburg battle hero John Burns
occupied this pew in the Gettysburg Presbyterian Church while they
listened to a patriotic speech by Charles Anderson. The present church,
built on the site of the one Lincoln visited, has preserved
the original pew the men used on November 19, 1863.
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