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Was there a serious plot to assassinate Lincoln February 1861? The National Volunteers, an affiliate of the Knights of the Golden Circle (K.G.C.) hatched several plans to aid the newly forming Confederacy. One was to kidnap President Buchanan and replace him with Breckinridge prior to Lincoln taking office. Another plot was to kill Lincoln as he passed through Baltimore, seize Washington D.C. and install Breckenridge as president by force. As president, Breckenridge would have likely allowed the Confederacy to leave the union without taking action and would have be very generous in any negations with the Confedercy. However the assignation of Lincoln and the installation of Breckenridge by force may have cased some negative reactions in some Northern states.
I have three questions. 1) How serious were these plots? 2) How would have the border states have reacted to a Lincoln assassination and the seizure of Washington D.C. with an installed president Breckenridge? 3)Would Breckenridge accept the presidency of the United States under these circumstances?
I have three questions. 1) How serious were these plots? 2) How would have the border states have reacted to a Lincoln assassination and the seizure of Washington D.C. with an installed president Breckenridge? 3)Would Breckenridge accept the presidency of the United States under these circumstances?