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The Secret Plot to Kill Lincoln
During his inauguration tour in 1861, the president's life was threatened in the city of Baltimore (4:26)
Courtesy of: Ryan R. Reed and Brian Wolly
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The Unsuccessful Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln
On the eve of his first inauguration, President Lincoln snuck into Washington in the middle of the night, evading the would-be assassins who waited for him in Baltimore
February 2013 |
By Daniel Stashower
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Comments (8)
This article is great! There have been two recient movies made about this time period and not one of them said anything about Pinkerton. He was an amazing man! very well done thanks for doing this article. I lake another person in the comments whish they would make a movie of Pinkerton it would be a great one if done right. My wife and I do Pinkerton reenactments about this very story and you have added to our content. thanks Don Pinkerton
Posted by Don Pinkerton Jr on April 24,2013 | 03:36 PM
This was a great piece of historical story-telling. I never had heard about this plot before tonight, and was intrigued from the first moment of the story until the very end, and found myself wanting to know more. For that, I guess I'll have to do a little research myself! The part that saddens me is that I'm only finding out about this on a dull Friday morning at 12:40 a.m.! On an accidental sidebar while on another Internet search entirely! Why isn't content like this being pushed front and center in the cyber world? There's a lot more value to being aware of this information than there is to knowing a lot of the trash that we are bombarded with every day of our lives! I finally shut off my cable TV service - that immediately brought the level of overwhelm down to something resembling peace & quiet. So I would like to see more examples of media that is of interest to those of us that are still in possession of our senses! Thanks - keep up the good work!
Posted by Diane Whitbeck on March 14,2013 | 12:45 AM
Didn't know about this unsuccessfuly plot. Very well presented. Love that it's a video and not an article. Liked the photos which supplmented the narrator. The level of the music didn't bother me but I suppose it could be lowest the smallest bit without losing quality.
Posted by Lisa on February 24,2013 | 06:33 PM
Background music is too high! Who edited this piece? Bad editing
Posted by James Forrest on February 13,2013 | 10:40 AM
Some smart Hollywood producer should buy the rights to the book. Would make a great film.
Posted by arnold koch on February 9,2013 | 10:14 PM
BACKGROUNG MUSIC IS TOO HIGH, CAN NOT HEAR THE NARATION.
Posted by Harry L. Thornton on February 7,2013 | 06:10 PM
interesting.
Posted by meyerfamilyinva@verizon.net on February 5,2013 | 06:16 PM
Where were things like this when I took history in H.S.? My husband; a retired history teacher states "while you were expected to do your homework; the teachers failed to do theirs". Wonderful; I had to get to be 65 years old to learn this. Keep up the good work. I enjoyed this very much
Posted by A. Ellis on January 28,2013 | 12:12 PM