Difference between revisions 110848186 and 110848187 on dewiki

{{Infobox_President 
| name = [[Abraham Lincoln]]
| image = Abraham Lincoln head on shoulders photo portrait.jpg
| order = 16th [[President of the United States]]
| term_start = [[March 4]], [[1861]] 
| term_end = [[April 15]], [[1865]]
| successor = [[Andrew Johnson]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1809|2|12|mf=y}}
(contracted; show full)

==Background==
[[Allan Pinkerton]], was commissioned to provide security for president-elect Lincoln on his journey to Washington, D.C., through Baltimore. 

Whether or not there was a plot, Maryland,
 was a [[slave state]] with strong Southern sympathies, and was considered dangerous territory through which to travel for such a controversial politician.  The [[Pratt Street Riot]] on April 19, 1861, and the subsequent arrest and imprisonment of many prominent Baltimore residents did little to endear Baltimore to the Union.

==Lincoln's actions: appropriate, unnecessary, or cowardly==
[[Image:Pinkerton allan late harpers.jpg|thumb|300px|Portrait of [[Allan Pinkerton]] from ''Harper's Weekly'', 1884]]
(contracted; show full)
[[Category:History of the United States (1849–1865)]]
[[Category:Causes of war|American Civil War, Origins of the]]
[[Category:History of Maryland]]
[[Category:Abraham Lincoln]]
[[Category:American assassins]]
[[Category:Lincoln conspirators]]
[[Category:Abraham Lincoln assassination]]