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Was Lincoln's assassination planned

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13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

The assassination plot grew out of an earlier plan to kidnap the President and hold him for ransom and the exchange of prisoners. It was hoped that by killing Lincoln, Johnson and Seward that the Union would be in chaos.

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