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Lincoln assassination era fears and the failed plots revealed
Excerpts recount 1864 through 1865 Lincoln security concerns, noting attempts near the White House and War Department. A guard shift and a mysterious hat bullet hole prompt speculation of confederate plots thwarted by vigilance, plus later talk of a deadly weapon and other curiosities from the era.
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Tam
Nicolay
Hay
Lincoln
Johny W. Nichols
Omaha
Washington
Provident
War Department
Srimenorte
Nichols
Lowelock
Lis
Mudin Road
Elise
Lincoln Lds
Caidant
Treasury, State, War
Navy Departments
President Na Wi
Ne Geoon
Potowine
White House
Richlond
Eident
Bourke
Conchman
Stratser
Baltiere
Tad
Ford
Abrahams