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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}}
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===Pratt street riot===
The [[Pratt Street Riot]] in Baltimore on [[April 19]] and the subsequent arrest and imprisonment of many prominent city residents did little to endear Baltimore to the Union.


===Hollywood recreation===
In 1951 MGM studios released a fictional recreation of the alleged plot against Lincoln titled "The Tall Target."  Its story generally follows what is known about the Baltimore Plot, with some differences.  It is a male detective named John Kennedy, played by [[Dick Powell]], who contacts the administration about the conspiracy, and who boards the train hoping to discover if any of the plotters are on board before they reach Baltimore.  Kennedy discovers a plot that involves a riot to distract attention away from Lincoln and a sharpshooter armed with a rifle with a telescopic sight to shoot the president-elect.  Through Kennedy's efforts, the attempt is aborted and key members of the conspiracy are identified.

The film is directed by [[Anthony Mann]] and stars [[Dick Powell]], Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou, Marshall Thompson, Florence Bates, Will Geer, Victor Killian, Regis Toomey and Ruby Dee.  It is 78 minutes long.⏎
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==See also==
*[[American Civil War spies]]
*[[Allan Pinkerton]]  
*[[Kate Warne]] 
*[[Ward Hill Lamon]]
*[[George Proctor Kane]] 
*[[Hattie Lawton]]
*[[Cipriano Ferrandini]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

*Cuthbert, Norma Barrett (ed.). ''Lincoln and the Baltimore Plot, 1861.'' (1949) 
*Evitts, William J., ''A Matter of Allegiances- Maryland from 1850-1861''(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press,1974)
*Flight of Abraham. Woodcut engraving from Harper's Weekly, New York, [[March 9]], [[1861]].
*Harper, Robert S., Lincoln and the Press. (McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. New York, 1951.)
*Harris, William C. Lincoln's Rise to the Presidency.  (University Press of Kansas, 2000.)
*Holzer, Harold, "Lincoln Seen & Heard." (University Press of Kansas, 2000.)
*Lamon, W: Life of Abraham Lincoln, page 513. (James R. Osgood and Company, 1872.)
*Pinkerton, A. (1883). ''The Spy of the Rebellion''; being a true history of the spy system of the United States Army during the late rebellion. Revealing many secrets of the war hitherto not made public. Comp. from official reports prepared for President Lincoln, General McClellan and the provost-marshal-general. New York, G.W. Carleton & Co. (1883)
* J Hist Dent. 2001 Mar;49(1):17-23. (2001)⏎
*Internet Movie Database

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[[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]]

[[fr:Complot de Baltimore]]