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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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Legitimate or not, many sources report, “There is little doubt that the feeling and sentiment of the people of Baltimore is very bitter against Mr. Lincoln, so much so, indeed, that violence might have been attempted.”{{
factCitation needed|date=February 2010}}

Whether or not the President-elect was ever in any real danger of being assassinated, Lincoln's efforts to reach Washington, D.C. safely instantly became a humiliating [[cause célèbre]] across the nation, much to his chagrin.

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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.{{
factCitation needed|date=February 2010}}

===Hollywood recreation===
In 1951 [[MGM]] 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 [[NYPD]] detective named John Kennedy, played by [[Dick Powell]], who contacts the administration about the conspiracy, and who boards the train hoping to discover whether any of the plotters are on board before they reach Baltimore.  Kennedy discovers a plot that involves a riot to distract police protection 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.  There actually was an NYPD officer named [[John Alexander Kennedy|John Kennedy]],  who claimed to have the one who uncovered the Baltimore Plot, but he was not actually on scene as Powell's character is in the film.  Moreover, in real life, Kennedy was the [[New York City Police Commissioner|Superintendent]] of the entire force.  In the film, he is depicted as being a mere [[detective sergeant]].{{factCitation needed|date=February 2010}}

The film is directed by [[Anthony Mann]] and stars [[Dick Powell]], [[Paula Raymond]], [[Adolphe Menjou]], [[Marshall Thompson]], [[Florence Bates]], [[Will Geer]], [[Victor Kilian]], [[Regis Toomey]] and [[Ruby Dee]].  It is written by [[George Worthing Yates]] and [[Art Cohn]] and is 78 minutes long.  It is also one of just two MGM movies which do not contain a music score of any kind.{{factCitation needed|date=February 2010}}

==See also==
*[[List of United States Presidential assassination attempts]]
*[[Abraham Lincoln assassination]]
*[[American Civil War spies]]
*[[Allan Pinkerton]]  
*[[Kate Warne]] 
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