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To: ClearCase_guy

There was no Secret Service for Abraham Lincoln. Booth had barricaded himself in a barn that was set on fire by Union soldiers, then he was shot by a union soldier.


12 posted on 09/29/2014 5:45:49 PM PDT by Usagi_yo (Criticize, marginalize, demonize, criminalize.)
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To: Usagi_yo

Maybe the first guard had a latte in his hand and couldn’t be bothered.


13 posted on 09/29/2014 5:55:09 PM PDT by JakeSladder
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To: Usagi_yo

Lincoln had Pinkertons IIRC.


19 posted on 09/29/2014 6:18:49 PM PDT by Pelham ("This is how they do it in Mexico"- California State Motto)
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