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Attempted assassination Baltimore (Md.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Presidents & Heads of State Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Assassination attempt, 1861 Maryland Baltimore Presidents Assassination attempts Presidents Assassination attempts United States United States United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Secret serviceFilter By Authors
Meltzer, BradMeltzer, Brad
Summary: In 1776, an elite group of soldiers were handpicked to serve as George Washington's bodyguards. Washington trusted them; relied on them. But unbeknownst to Washington, some of them were part of a treasonous plan. In the months leading up to the Revolutionary War, these traitorous soldiers, along with the Governor of New York William Tryon and Mayor David Mathews, launched a deadly plot against...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.4 MELMeltzer, Brad
Summary: "Everyone knows the story of Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865, but few are aware of the original conspiracy to kill him four years earlier, in 1861, literally on his way to Washington, D.C., for his first inauguration. The conspirators were part of a pro-Southern secret society that didn't want an antislavery president in the White House. They planned an elaborate scheme to assassinate...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020