President Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis, right) confers with his Secretary of State, William Seward (David Strathairn) in this scene from director Steven Spielberg’s drama “Lincoln.” ©Dreamworks II Distribution Co/20th Century Fox. CR: David James.

President Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) looks across a battlefield in the aftermath of a terrible siege in this scene from director Steven Spielberg’s drama “Lincoln.” ©Dreamworks II Distribution Co./20th Century Fox.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Robert Lincoln, the 21 year old son of President Abraham Lincoln in this scene from director Steven Spielberg’s drama “Lincoln.” ©Dreamworks II Distribution Co./20th Century Fox. CR: David James.