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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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==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]], and was considered a border state with strong Southern sympathies and was considered dangerous territory through which to travel for such a controversial politician.  Two months later, Baltimoreans [[Baltimore riot of 1861|attacked Union Army soldiers]] marching to Washington.
  When Virginia joined the Confederacy, it was necessary to travel through Maryland to reach Washington.

Feelings were running high in the other direction as well, and the U.S. government was not about to take risks.  Later the same year, many civil liberties were effectively suspended.  Pinkerton, in particular, was a very careful man.<!--cite his work for the army, and perhaps his habitual over-estimation of Confed. troop strength?-->

==Lincoln's actions==
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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:Lincoln conspirators]]

[[fr:Complot de Baltimore]]