The Baltimore plot
Subtitle: the first conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln
By: Michael J. Kline.
Publisher: Westholme; Roundhouse [distributor]
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Yardley, Penn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9781594160714
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Assassination attempt, 1861; Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Travel -- Washington (D.C.); Pinkerton, Allan, -- 1819-1884; Conspiracies -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History -- 19th century
Description: Examines the circumstantial evidence of a plot to kill President-elect Lincoln in Baltimore, including the plot's discovery, possible conspirators, and how the incident tarnished Lincoln's reputation and ultimately led to his death.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-502) and index.
Table of contents: title: Motive, means and opportunity; title: Ace of hearts; title: The Lincoln special; title: The stock broker; title: A message of importance; title: The electoral college; title: Crossing the river; title: Hotel Fountain; title: Horace Greeley; title: Actors; title: The vast and silent crowd; title: Facts and phantoms; title: The Baltimore plot; title: Pinkerton's plan; title: The Kossuth hat; title: Night train; title: An unexpected arrival; title: The peace conference; title: The Palmetto cockade; title: A shirt-tail plot; title: Inauguration day; title: Defense and prosecution; title: The assassin; title: Lincoln's inaugural train; title: Baltimore, 1861; title: The conspirators' web.