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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 (contracted; show full)[[Category:Causes of war|American Civil War, Origins of the]]
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[[fr:Complot de Baltimore]]