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The Baltimore Plot was a conspiracy in late February 1861 to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln en route to his inauguration. Allan Pinkerton, founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, played a key role by managing Lincoln's security throughout the journey. Though scholars debate whether or not the threat was real, clearly Lincoln and his advisors believed that there was a threat and took actions to ensure his safe passage through Baltimore, Maryland.

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  • The Baltimore Plot was a conspiracy in late February 1861 to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln en route to his inauguration. Allan Pinkerton, founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, played a key role by managing Lincoln's security throughout the journey. Though scholars debate whether or not the threat was real, clearly Lincoln and his advisors believed that there was a threat and took actions to ensure his safe passage through Baltimore, Maryland. On November 6, 1860, Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States, a Republican, and the first to be elected from that party. Shortly after his election, many representatives from the South made it clear that the Confederacy's secession from the U.S. was inevitable, which greatly increased tension across the nation. A plot to assassinate Lincoln in Baltimore was alleged, and he ultimately arrived secretly in Washington, D.C. on February 23, 1861. A planned train route through Bellaire, Ohio, to Wheeling, Virginia (West Virginia had yet to break off from Virginia) and eastward, was subsequently rerouted up through the Pittsburgh vicinity, through Pennsylvania, into Maryland and eventually to Washington. For the remainder of his presidency, Lincoln's many critics would hound him for the seemingly cowardly act of sneaking through Baltimore at night, in disguise, sacrificing his honor for his personal safety. However, the efforts at security may well have been prudent. (en)
  • Le complot de Baltimore est un supposé complot de la fin février 1861 visant à assassiner le président des États-Unis nouvellement élu Abraham Lincoln alors qu'il est en route pour la cérémonie d'investiture. (fr)
  • Il complotto di Baltimora fu un presunto tentativo premeditato di omicidio del presidente eletto degli Stati Uniti d'America Abraham Lincoln; la cospirazione avrebbe dovuto essere messa in atto alla fine di febbraio del 1861 durante il passaggio del treno presidenziale diretto verso la cerimonia d'insediamento a Washington. Allan Pinkerton nel 1861. Allan Pinkerton, fondatore della Pinkerton National Detective Agency, svolse in tal occasione un ruolo chiave gestendo la sicurezza di Lincoln nel corso di tutto il viaggio. Sebbene gli studiosi della questione continuino a dibattere di quanto la minaccia fosse reale, chiaramente sia il presidente che i suoi più stretti collaboratori la credettero vera tanto da intraprendere azioni a salvaguardia della sicurezza del seppur ridotto corteo durante l'attraversamento di Baltimora, capitale del Maryland. Il 6 novembre 1860, a seguito della vittoria alle elezioni presidenziali del 1860 Lincoln venne eletto sedicesimo presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America, il primo a essere espressione del Partito Repubblicano. Subito dopo la sua vittoria, molti esponenti degli Stati Uniti meridionali misero in chiaro che la secessione fosse oramai inevitabile; aumentando la già notevole tensione che percorreva l'intera nazione. L'esistenza di una trama orchestrata da sudisti schiavisti per uccidere Lincoln non appena questi fosse giunto a Baltimora fu considerata sufficientemente attendibile e Lincoln dovette arrivare a Washington in tutta segretezza. Il percorso ferroviario previsto da Bellaire (Ohio) a Wheeling (Virginia Occidentale) e poi verso est fu successivamente indirizzato verso l'area di Pittsburgh per poi attraversare la Pennsylvania e il Maryland per arrivare a Washington. Per tutto il periodo della presidenza di Abraham Lincoln i critici lo avrebbero perseguitato per l'atto apparentemente vigliacco d'intrufolarsi nottetempo a Baltimora, in abiti dissimulati, sacrificando in tal modo il proprio onore per privilegiare la sicurezza personale. Gli sforzi compiuti potrebbero tuttavia essere stati in realtà prudenti, nel caso il pericolo fosse stato reale. (it)
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  • Le complot de Baltimore est un supposé complot de la fin février 1861 visant à assassiner le président des États-Unis nouvellement élu Abraham Lincoln alors qu'il est en route pour la cérémonie d'investiture. (fr)
  • The Baltimore Plot was a conspiracy in late February 1861 to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln en route to his inauguration. Allan Pinkerton, founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, played a key role by managing Lincoln's security throughout the journey. Though scholars debate whether or not the threat was real, clearly Lincoln and his advisors believed that there was a threat and took actions to ensure his safe passage through Baltimore, Maryland. (en)
  • Il complotto di Baltimora fu un presunto tentativo premeditato di omicidio del presidente eletto degli Stati Uniti d'America Abraham Lincoln; la cospirazione avrebbe dovuto essere messa in atto alla fine di febbraio del 1861 durante il passaggio del treno presidenziale diretto verso la cerimonia d'insediamento a Washington. Allan Pinkerton nel 1861. Allan Pinkerton, fondatore della Pinkerton National Detective Agency, svolse in tal occasione un ruolo chiave gestendo la sicurezza di Lincoln nel corso di tutto il viaggio. (it)
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  • Baltimore Plot (en)
  • Complot de Baltimore (fr)
  • Complotto di Baltimora (it)
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