Four months after the Battle of Gettysburg, President Abraham Lincoln spoke at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, and his Gettysburg Address spoke of a "new birth of freedom" that the war might give the country. As postwar America struggled to make a place for its African American citizens, the Sons of Good Will created Lincoln Cemetery in 1867 to ensure the proper burial of Gettysburg's African American citizens and Civil War veterans. Located between South Washington Street and Long Lane within walking distance of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, it holds about 30 members of the United States Colored Troops and is the final resting place of most local U.S.C.T. veterans. The first African American veteran was buried in Soldiers' National Cemetery in November 1884, when the remains of Henry Gooden of the 127th United States Colored Troops were moved from the Alms House burial ground in Gettysburg to the United States Regulars lot. The national cemetery's second African American veteran, Charles H. Parker of the 3rd United States Colored Troops, was buried there in November 1936 after disinterment from Yellow Hill Cemetery north of Gettysburg.