Airs Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV
Thursday, April 10, 2014
The internet of the 19th century, the telegraph gave Lincoln new powers to reshape leadership and wield personal control across distant battlefields. It also connected him to the country in new ways, as information poured in, and allowed him to feel the pulse of the country faster than before.
The results of Lincoln’s pioneering experiment in communication led to the rebirth of America on the fields of Gettysburg … both in the battle that turned the tide of the Civil War and in the few words that recast the American ideal as a national creed: the Gettysburg Address.
Narrated by David Stratharin, the film reveals how Lincoln’s interest in new technologies gave him control never before exercised by any commander-in-chief.
"Lincoln@Gettysburg" was produced by Partisan Pictures.