Dark Union
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Dark Union
The Secret Web of the Profiteers, Politicians and Booth Conspirators That LED to Lincoln's Death
Neff, Ray A.; Guttridge, Leonard F.
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
12/2003
288
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9780471264811
0471264814
15 a 20 dias
567
This title reveals how the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln was woven through an even more complex plot to pay for and profit on the Union war effort by trading for Confederate cotton - a scheme approved by Lincoln himself which also ended in murder.
Acknowledgments. Introduction. PART I: THE PROFITEERS. 1. The Riddle of the Colburn's Volume. 2. Montreal: A Prelude. 3. Wheelers and Dealers. 4. The Dahlgren Raid. 5. The Canadian Go--getter. 6. Lincoln and the Radicals. 7. Lincoln and the Secret Trade Deal. 8. Deepening Peril. PART II: THE POLITICIANS. 9. The Fatal Rationale. 10. "Deem Myself a Coward". 11. The Kidnap Plot. 12. The Letter from Cape Girardeau. 13. Desperate Elements. 14. The Fall of Richmond. 15. Holy Week: "Something Never Dreamed Of". PART III: THE ASSASSIN. 16. Good Friday April 14, 1865. 17. Unholy Night. 18. The Incredible Hours. 19. The Eager Connection. 20. Arrests and Confessions. 21. "We Have Booth's Diary". 22. Body Snatching and Doctored Documents. 23. Web of Secrecy. 24. The Searchers. The Gallery. Notes. Index.
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This title reveals how the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln was woven through an even more complex plot to pay for and profit on the Union war effort by trading for Confederate cotton - a scheme approved by Lincoln himself which also ended in murder.
Acknowledgments. Introduction. PART I: THE PROFITEERS. 1. The Riddle of the Colburn's Volume. 2. Montreal: A Prelude. 3. Wheelers and Dealers. 4. The Dahlgren Raid. 5. The Canadian Go--getter. 6. Lincoln and the Radicals. 7. Lincoln and the Secret Trade Deal. 8. Deepening Peril. PART II: THE POLITICIANS. 9. The Fatal Rationale. 10. "Deem Myself a Coward". 11. The Kidnap Plot. 12. The Letter from Cape Girardeau. 13. Desperate Elements. 14. The Fall of Richmond. 15. Holy Week: "Something Never Dreamed Of". PART III: THE ASSASSIN. 16. Good Friday April 14, 1865. 17. Unholy Night. 18. The Incredible Hours. 19. The Eager Connection. 20. Arrests and Confessions. 21. "We Have Booth's Diary". 22. Body Snatching and Doctored Documents. 23. Web of Secrecy. 24. The Searchers. The Gallery. Notes. Index.
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