Supposing there was one to start with, what if the Baltimore Plot was successful and Abraham Lincoln was assassinated before he took office in 1861.
What effect would it have on the forming Confederate government? Seven states had already secceded from the Union, would the other four follow suit? And what sort of president would Hannibal Hamlin make? Would he negotiate with the rebels or order the rebellion crushed as Lincoln did?
What effect would it have on the forming Confederate government? Seven states had already secceded from the Union, would the other four follow suit? And what sort of president would Hannibal Hamlin make? Would he negotiate with the rebels or order the rebellion crushed as Lincoln did?