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What Lincoln was trying to avoid was the humiliation of people standing up to his authority. He arrived in Washington in a disguise, dressed as a woman. He never forgot that. He vowed never to suffer that kind of disrespect again.

Really?

The Clothes in which Davis Disguised Himself

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When Union soldiers captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis -- purportedly wearing his wife's dress and shawl -- on May 10, 1865, Barnum was not the only northerner to make a spectacle of the bizarre event. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton clothed a mannequin in a dress, hoopskirt, and shawl; had photographs taken of it; and distributed the photographs to the press. Newspapers ran sketches of the photo, like the one above (the technology to reproduce photos in newspapers did not yet exist). Later, Stanton claimed to have acquired the actual dress from Davis' wife and held a massive press conference to display it.

http://chnm.gmu.edu/lostmuseum/lm/79/

If you can't appreciate the pure beauty of the violin after hearing this, something's wrong with your ears.

Or you can get raw with these strings. Either way, the violin is sweet yet lethal.

Do it!

[atc23]

"Since Lincoln was so tall, 6 foot 4, it was advised that he would need a disguise, as his height would make him stand out like the proverbial sore thumb. Pinkerton requested that, when getting off the cab and boarding the special train, Abe not wear his trademark stovepipe hat, slump over so as to not appear as tall, walk with a cane, AND disguise himself as a fail woman, complete with a scotch-plaid shawl. Lincoln agreed and left his family behind and boarded the 10:10 PM special at Harrisburg that night. (Train personnel were told the special train was to carry a frail, society woman, her attendants, and a highly important package to Washington and was to await the arrival of both before departing -- The package, unknown to them, contained a handful of newspapers.) Lincoln arrived safely in Washington City even before his family left Harrisburg for Baltimore at 9 AM February 22. When his wife, sons and entourage arrived in Baltimore, they were greeted by an angry mob of Southern sympathizers. They escaped shaken but otherwise unharmed. The assassination plot was foiled. This episode spawned several ironies. The Pinkerton Archives