Lincoln Page #4

Then he stops, turns back, faces Lincoln, who watches him. A

beat, and then, in a tone of admiration and cautious

admonishment, reminding Lincoln of his promise:

IRA CLARK:

"That we here highly resolve that

these dead shall not have died in

VAIN -- "

Clark salutes Lincoln again, turns again and walks away.

Lincoln watches him go. As he walks into the fog, Clark

continues reciting in a powerful voice:

IRA CLARK (CONT'D)

" - That this nation, under God,

shall have a new birth of freedom --

and that government of the people,

by the people, for the people,

shall not perish from the earth."

Lincoln watches Clark until the fog's swallowed him up.

TITLE:

JANUARY, 1865

TWO MONTHS HAVE PASSED SINCE ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S RE-ELECTION

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR IS NOW IN ITS FOURTH YEAR

EXT. A SHIP AT SEA - NIGHT

A huge, dark, strange-looking steamship, part wood and part

iron, turreted like a giant ironclad monitor, is plowing

through the choppy black waters of an open sea.

Lincoln is alone, in darkness, on the deck, which has no

railing, open to the sea. The ship's tearing through rough

water, but there's little pitching, wind or spray. The deck

is dominated by the immense black gunnery turret.

LINCOLN (V.O.)

It's nighttime. The ship's moved

by some terrible power, at a

terrific speed.

Lincoln stares out towards a barely discernible horizon,

indicated by a weird, flickering, leaden glow, which appears

to recede faster than the fast-approaching ship.

7.

LINCOLN (V.O.)

Though it's imperceptible in the

darkness, I have an intuition that

we're headed towards a shore. No

one else seems to be aboard the

vessel. I'm alone.

INT. MARY'S BOUDOIR, SECOND FLOOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE - NIGHT

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