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{{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)ncreased tension across the nation. President-elect Lincoln survived the alleged assassination attempt in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. On [[February 23]] [[1861]] he arrived secretly in Washington, D.C. But 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. 

==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.

==Lincoln's actions: appropriate, unnecessary, or cowardly==
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[[Category:History of Maryland]]
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[[Category:American assassins]]
[[Category:Lincoln conspirators]]
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[[fr:Complot de Baltimore]]