AshleyTuncca
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I need at least 4 assassination attempts on Abraham Lincoln. Can anybody give me just ONE more? I already have these three:
One Abraham Lincoln assassination attempt took place when Lincoln left his home in Springfield, Illinois by train several days early. Lincoln planned to stop in Baltimore before heading to the capital. After leaving Springfield, Lincoln’s aides received reports of a planned assassination attempt in Baltimore and ordered the train to proceed immediately to Washington. Working undercover, Chicago police detective Allan Pinkerton had a conversation on February 15, 1861 with Captain Ferdinanda and an associate who told him, "One week from today the North shall want a new president, for Lincoln will be dead." When news of the attempt reached Lincoln, he argued for keeping the original plan to stop in Baltimore, but he eventually listened to his wife's pleads that he abandon his plans and the attack was successfully avoided.
A second assassination attempt on Abraham Lincoln occurred when he was out riding in August of 1864. A shot rang out and Lincoln said he believed that it was an off-range shot from a hunter. Lincoln had lost his hat when the shot scared his horse. When the hat was retrieved, it had a bullet hole through it. Where the shot came from and who fired it was never clarified.
Another Abraham Lincoln assassination attempt took place on a Thursday after night after he had retired. Lincoln was informed that a stranger wanted to see him on a matter of life or death. Lincoln declined the request unless he gave his name, which he eventually did. Lincoln had a conversation with the caller, which revealed the plot. An organized body of men had stated that Lincoln should not be inaugurated, and that he should never leave the city of Baltimore alive, if he ever entered it. The list of names behind the attempt was a group of people high in Southern confidence and people who weren’t a part of the country alone. The plan was to throw the cars Lincoln was traveling in to leave town at nine o’clock from the road at some point where they would rush down a steep embankment and destroy in a moment the lives of all on board. In case of the failure of this project, their plan was to surround the carriage and assassinate him with dagger or pistol-shot.
THANKS!
One Abraham Lincoln assassination attempt took place when Lincoln left his home in Springfield, Illinois by train several days early. Lincoln planned to stop in Baltimore before heading to the capital. After leaving Springfield, Lincoln’s aides received reports of a planned assassination attempt in Baltimore and ordered the train to proceed immediately to Washington. Working undercover, Chicago police detective Allan Pinkerton had a conversation on February 15, 1861 with Captain Ferdinanda and an associate who told him, "One week from today the North shall want a new president, for Lincoln will be dead." When news of the attempt reached Lincoln, he argued for keeping the original plan to stop in Baltimore, but he eventually listened to his wife's pleads that he abandon his plans and the attack was successfully avoided.
A second assassination attempt on Abraham Lincoln occurred when he was out riding in August of 1864. A shot rang out and Lincoln said he believed that it was an off-range shot from a hunter. Lincoln had lost his hat when the shot scared his horse. When the hat was retrieved, it had a bullet hole through it. Where the shot came from and who fired it was never clarified.
Another Abraham Lincoln assassination attempt took place on a Thursday after night after he had retired. Lincoln was informed that a stranger wanted to see him on a matter of life or death. Lincoln declined the request unless he gave his name, which he eventually did. Lincoln had a conversation with the caller, which revealed the plot. An organized body of men had stated that Lincoln should not be inaugurated, and that he should never leave the city of Baltimore alive, if he ever entered it. The list of names behind the attempt was a group of people high in Southern confidence and people who weren’t a part of the country alone. The plan was to throw the cars Lincoln was traveling in to leave town at nine o’clock from the road at some point where they would rush down a steep embankment and destroy in a moment the lives of all on board. In case of the failure of this project, their plan was to surround the carriage and assassinate him with dagger or pistol-shot.
THANKS!