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Authors: Daniel Stashower
parallel tracks of Pinkerton and government
Springfield
Lincoln urged to leave early from
Lincoln’s departure from
Lincoln’s last days in
warnings received by Lincoln in
The Spy of the Rebellion
(Pinkerton)
Stanton, Edwin
State House policy
Stearns, George
Stone, Charles P.
Sumner, Edwin Vose (“Bullhead”)
as left behind in Harrisburg
Superintendent of Arrangements
Kennedy letter to
timetable made by
Surratt, Mary
Taney, Roger B.
telegraph communications
electoral vote results sent through
Pinkerton’s telegrams to Judd
word-substitution ciphers in
Thirteenth Amendment
time card, Great Western Railroad
Times
timetable, Wood’s
train robberies
Travis, Annette
troops
in Alexandria
Pinkerton’s estimate of enemy
sent to Baltimore
Tyler, John
undercover work.
See also
disguises;
specific detectives
alcohol in
Pinkerton’s methods
Walling’s dispatch of detectives
Underground Railroad
fugitives in
name of
Pinkerton’s wife assisting
Pinkerton’s work on
terminology and positions in
Union.
See also
Coopers’ Union; secession
arrested spies of
House Divided speech
Kansas entry debate
sentiment toward maintaining
United States Postal Service
Verdi, Giuseppe
Vidocq, Eugène-François
Villard, Henry
on Lincoln’s wife separate departure
Vincent, Henry
violence
1856 election
vote count.
See
electoral votes
Wallace, William S.
Walling, George, W.
war
Baltimore spirit of
inaugural address and
Warne, Kate
Astor House meetings of
Baltimore plan for
death of
in Felton-PW&B case
Judd and
Judd and Sanford messages given to
Lincoln as invalid brother of
in Maroney case
Mrs. Barley disguise of
on Pinkerton’s exhaustion
Pinkerton’s hiring of
PW&B decoy of
Sanford and
secrecy imperative for
as superintendent
Webster’s message sewn in by
Washburne, Elihu B.
Pinkerton’s punching of
Seward, W., and
Washington.
See also
inaugural journey
Baltimore plot to capture
Brady studio in
departure for
detectives from
itinerary
Kennedy commissioned by
Lincoln’s arrival and first day in
Lincoln’s companion for trip to
Lincoln’s departure from
Peace Convention in
railroad concerns
select committee in
southern takeover of, plan for
troops sent to Baltimore from
Washington, George
Webster, Timothy (Pinkerton detective)
death of
Kennedy’s agents aided by
Lawton and
message from Pinkerton to Lincoln via
in Perrymansville
Pinkerton’s praise of
plot overheard by
undercover membership in local military
Weed, Thurlow
Western Citizen
Westfield, New York
whistle, pig-tail
White, John H. (Pinkerton operative)
White House
Confederate flag in view of
unannounced call at
whitewashed bridges
Whitman, Walt
Whitney, Henry Clay
Wide Awakes
Wigwam
Willard’s Hotel
Williams, Charles
Wisner, M. L. (pastor)
Wood, Fernando
Wood, William S. (Superintendent of Arrangements)
Kennedy letter to
timetables of
Wynne, Andrew
Yates, Richard
Zouave Cadets
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Daniel Stashower is an acclaimed biographer and narrative historian, and winner of the Edgar, Agatha, and Anthony Awards and the Raymond Chandler Fulbright Fellowship in Detective Fiction. His work has appeared in
The New York Times, The Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, AARP The Magazine,
and
National Geographic Traveler
as well as other publications.
THE HOUR OF PERIL
. Copyright © 2013 by Daniel Stashower. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Stashower, Daniel.
The hour of peril: the secret plot to murder Lincoln before the Civil War / Daniel Stashower.—1st edition.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-312-60022-8 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-250-02332-2 (e-book)
1. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809–1865—Assassination attempt, 1861. 2. Presidents—Assassination attempts—United States. 3. Baltimore (Md.)—History—Civil War, 1861–1865. I. Title.
E457.4.S85 2013
973.7092—dc23
2012042103
First Edition: February 2013