Marcus Parks

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. No, that's definitely the least of it.

But this first attempt came to be known as the Baltimore Plot. Can you actually say it properly? The Balmer Plot. The Balmer Plot. Balmer Plot.

But this first attempt came to be known as the Baltimore Plot. Can you actually say it properly? The Balmer Plot. The Balmer Plot. Balmer Plot.

But this first attempt came to be known as the Baltimore Plot. Can you actually say it properly? The Balmer Plot. The Balmer Plot. Balmer Plot.

This plot, however... I got you locked in. This plot was not something that occurred months or even years into Lincoln's first term. People were trying to kill Lincoln on his way to his inauguration in March of 1861. This was before the Confederacy was even formed.

This plot, however... I got you locked in. This plot was not something that occurred months or even years into Lincoln's first term. People were trying to kill Lincoln on his way to his inauguration in March of 1861. This was before the Confederacy was even formed.

This plot, however... I got you locked in. This plot was not something that occurred months or even years into Lincoln's first term. People were trying to kill Lincoln on his way to his inauguration in March of 1861. This was before the Confederacy was even formed.

A secret paramilitary group called the National Volunteers, who had the stated goal of overthrowing the government by violent force, they intended to kill Lincoln in Baltimore when the president-elect's train stopped in the city on its way to Washington, D.C. The plan was to create a public disturbance and murder Lincoln in the fracas.

A secret paramilitary group called the National Volunteers, who had the stated goal of overthrowing the government by violent force, they intended to kill Lincoln in Baltimore when the president-elect's train stopped in the city on its way to Washington, D.C. The plan was to create a public disturbance and murder Lincoln in the fracas.

A secret paramilitary group called the National Volunteers, who had the stated goal of overthrowing the government by violent force, they intended to kill Lincoln in Baltimore when the president-elect's train stopped in the city on its way to Washington, D.C. The plan was to create a public disturbance and murder Lincoln in the fracas.

But luckily, the infamous Pinkerton Detective Agency had infiltrated the National Volunteers. They uncovered the plot long before Lincoln arrived in Baltimore that day, so Lincoln ended up skipping the town altogether. The problem was that the Baltimore plot soon became public knowledge.

But luckily, the infamous Pinkerton Detective Agency had infiltrated the National Volunteers. They uncovered the plot long before Lincoln arrived in Baltimore that day, so Lincoln ended up skipping the town altogether. The problem was that the Baltimore plot soon became public knowledge.

But luckily, the infamous Pinkerton Detective Agency had infiltrated the National Volunteers. They uncovered the plot long before Lincoln arrived in Baltimore that day, so Lincoln ended up skipping the town altogether. The problem was that the Baltimore plot soon became public knowledge.

the Baltimore papers were quick to call Lincoln the coward president because, they wrote, had there been a threat to say Andrew Jackson, Andrew Jackson would have crushed the conspiracy by, quote, meeting it like a man.

the Baltimore papers were quick to call Lincoln the coward president because, they wrote, had there been a threat to say Andrew Jackson, Andrew Jackson would have crushed the conspiracy by, quote, meeting it like a man.

the Baltimore papers were quick to call Lincoln the coward president because, they wrote, had there been a threat to say Andrew Jackson, Andrew Jackson would have crushed the conspiracy by, quote, meeting it like a man.

No, you'd probably, no. You would have met it with a man by, no, putting a bunch of Native Americans between him and the bullets. That's the goal! Like Andrew Jackson would have done.

No, you'd probably, no. You would have met it with a man by, no, putting a bunch of Native Americans between him and the bullets. That's the goal! Like Andrew Jackson would have done.

No, you'd probably, no. You would have met it with a man by, no, putting a bunch of Native Americans between him and the bullets. That's the goal! Like Andrew Jackson would have done.

Lincoln was quite defensive when it came to these attacks on his courage. And it is speculated that the press's reaction to Lincoln skipping Baltimore was why he had a future aversion to bodyguards or a large security detail. See, the Secret Service was created, unfortunately, after Lincoln was killed.