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The book then states that in 1864, Baker uncovered the plans of Lincoln's future assassin, John Wilkes Booth, to kidnap Lincoln with the help of a different group of conspirators with different motives. The Stanton group, through Baker and Conness, supposedly provided Booth with money and information on Lincoln's movements.
A widely criticized 1977 book, The Lincoln Conspiracy by conspiracy theorists [citation needed] David W. Balsiger and Charles E. Sellier, alleges that Baker was poisoned by high-placed conspirators, including Stanton, who supported John Wilkes Booth's plan to kidnap Abraham Lincoln in 1864 and early 1865. The conspirators supposedly planned to ...
Portraits of the conspirators except Mudd are in Benn Pitman's The assassination of President Lincoln and the trial of the conspirators. Scores of persons were arrested, including many tangential associates of the conspirators and anyone having had even the slightest contact with Booth or Herold during their flight.
The Trial: The Assassination of President Lincoln and the Trial of the Conspirators. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813122779. Steers, Edward Jr. (2010b). The Lincoln Assassination Encyclopedia. New York: Harper Perennial. ISBN 9780061787751. Swanson, James L. (2007). Manhunt: The Twelve Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer ...
He has authored or edited more than a dozen books on Lincoln's life and death, including Lincoln, The Quotable Lincoln, Blood on the Moon, The Lincoln Assassination Conspirators, His Name is Still Mudd, The Trial, The Lincoln Assassination: The Evidence, Lincoln Legends, and The Lincoln Assassination Encyclopedia. [4]
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was one of the biggest turning points in American history, and the new Apple TV+ series “Manhunt” examines the behind-the-scenes drama of a wartime ...
Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated, shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, as he and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, attended a special performance of the comedy “Our American ...
The book sold more than one million copies and was made into a feature film called The Lincoln Conspiracy which was theatrically released later that year. [176] The 1998 book The Curse of Cain: The Untold Story of John Wilkes Booth contended that Booth had escaped, sought refuge in Japan, and eventually returned to the United States. [177]