Come Retribution: The Confederate Secret Service and the Assassination of Lincoln "But when Booth was stymied, the Secret Service took another course. The code word for this stratagem was "Come Retribution. With John Wilkes Booth as its agent, the Confederate Secret Service devised
| Title | : | Come Retribution: The Confederate Secret Service and the Assassination of Lincoln |
| Author | : | William A. Tidwell |
| Format | : | Paperback - Pages ( 510 ) |
| Rating | : | 4.63 |
| Publish Date | : | 1988-09-01 |
| Id Book | : | 0878053484 |
| Type File | : | PDF, DOC, RTF, ePub |
Many Confederates believed that Abraham Lincoln himself was the sponsor of the Union army's heavy destruction of the South. With John Wilkes Booth as its agent, the Confederate Secret Service devised a plan of retribution--to seize President Lincoln, hold him hostage, and bring the war-weary North to capitulation. The code word for this stratagem was "Come Retribution."But when Booth was stymied, the Secret Service took another course. They conspired to bomb the White House during a conference of senior Union officials. But this plot also failed. Next, the Confederates devised for Confederate forces to abandon Richmond and Petersburg and to link up with General Joseph E. Johnston in the South before General Grant's forces were prepared to move. This plan was thwarted, however, when Grant took Richmond. By April 9, 1865, Lee was forced to surrender.Yet the willful, ardent Booth, smarting from the South's loss of the war, took decisive action at Ford's Theater during that spring night in
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