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The '''Baltimore Plot''' was an alleged conspiracy in late February 1861 to assassinate [[President-elect]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] ''en route'' to his [[inauguration]]. [[Allan Pinkerton]], founder of the [[Pinkerton National Detective Agency]], played a key role by managing Lincoln's security throughout the journey. Though scholars debate whether or not the threat was real, clearly Lincoln and his advisors believed that there was a threat and took actions(contracted; show full)  | pages = 123–128
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  | publisher = Harper and Brothers
  | date = June to November 1868
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===People associated with the alleged plot
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*[[Cipriano Ferrandini]] - a hairdresser from [[Corsica]] who emigrated to the United States, and established himself as the long-time barber and hairdresser in the basement of Barnum's Hotel, in Baltimore. There he practiced his trade from the mid 1850s to his retirement long after the close of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. He was accused, but never indicted, for plotting to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on February 23, 1861.
*[[Allan Pinkerton]] - Head of the Pinkerton Agency
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Many historians believe that Pinkerton’s perception of an assassination plot was incorrect and Lincoln came to regret that he had slipped through the city unannounced.<!-- Is the statement about Lincoln's regret a separate 'sentence', or is it merely part of what many historians believe? --><ref>
[{{cite web|url=http://teachingamericanhistorymd.net/000001/000000/000015/html/t15.html t|title=Baltimore, Allan Pinkerton, and the Plot to Assassinate President Lincoln, 1861 |publisher=Teaching Aamerican Hhistory]md.net |date= |accessdate=2011-05-28}}</ref>
Many years after the fact Ward Hill Lamon would publicly argue that there had been no plot to assassinate the president in 1861. "It is perfectly manifest that there was no conspiracy—no conspiracy of a hundred, of fifty, of twenty, of three; no definite purpose in the heart of even one man to murder Mr. Lincoln in Baltimore."<ref>Lamon, W: ''Life of Abraham Lincoln'', p. 513. James R. Osgood and Company, 1872.</ref>

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Newspapers of all parties mocked Lincoln's actions. In a ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine, historical)|Vanity Fair]]'' cartoon, the kilt was traded for a dress the president had borrowed from his wife. By the time Abraham Lincoln arrived in Washington, he was the laughing stock of the entire country.<ref>
[{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CZh2pgihScoC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=lincoln+cartoon+in+kilt&source=web&ots=EzuPgodUlw&sig=7iHJn7WkmayFNU26g-H0BRru3Q4 ]|title=incoln's wrath: fierce mobs, brilliant scoundrels and a president's mission|publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2011-05-28}}</ref>

''The New York Tribune'' was nonetheless forced to admit "It is the only instance recorded in our history in which the recognized head of a nation [...] has been compelled, for fear of his life, to enter the capital in disguise." More blunt was the denunciation by the ''Baltimore Sun'':

:Had we any respect for Mr. Lincoln, official or personal, as a man, or as President-elect of the United States [...] the final escapade by which he reached the capital would have utterly demolished it. [...] He might have entered Willard's Hotel with a "head spring" and a "summersault," and the clown's merry greeting to Gen. Scott, "Here we are!" and we should care nothing about it, personally. We do not believe the Presidency can ever be more degraded by any of his successors than it has by him, even before his inauguration.<ref>[{{cite web|url=http://www.historynet.com/historical_figures/3704871.html?showAll=y&c=y TheHistoryNet | |title=Historical Figures |&#124; Abraham Lincoln Takes the Heat<!-- Bot generated title -->] |publisher=TheHistoryNet |date= |accessdate=2011-05-28}}</ref>

===Pratt Street riot===
The [[Baltimore riot of 1861|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.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}

===Hollywood recreations===
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