Lincoln walked down Baltimore Street with Burns to the last event
of the day at the Gettysburg Presbyterian Church. Here they heard
a speech by Charles Anderson, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and the
brother of Robert Anderson of Fort Sumter fame. The church
Lincoln visited has been replaced by a newer building on the same site.Gettysburg Presbyterian Church
After the cemetery dedication, President Lincoln returned to
the Wills House for a late lunch, followed by a public reception.
There he met John L. Burns, the famous and fiesty 69-year-old
Gettysburg cobbler who once served in the War of 1812. On July 1, 1863,
Burns spontaneously picked up a rifle and joined Union troops, receiving
multiple wounds.
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