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Allan Pinkerton, The spy in the rebellion; being a true history of the spy system of the United States Army during the late rebellion, revealing many secrets of the war hitherto not made public, compiled from official reports prepared for President Lincoln , General McClellan and the Provost-Marshal-General ., Chapter 3: (search)
m for offenses committed in days gone by. The leader and President of this society was a Captain Fernandina, who was known as one of the most active of the conspirators. This individual at one tim and whose members were believed to fully indorse the views of their chief. At this meeting Fernandina delivered an address which, for its treasonable nature and its violent opposition to all laws,ventually to perform giant service in the cause. Howard having effecting an introduction to Fernandina, and convinced him of his devotion to the interests of the South, I experienced no difficulty ngly interesting. The question of assassinating the President was freely discussed, and Captain Fernandina expressed himself vehemently in its favor. Some one in the party remarked: Are there no other means of saving the South except by assassination? No, replied Fernandina; as well might you attempt to move the Washington Monument yonder with your breath, as to change our purpose
Allan Pinkerton, The spy in the rebellion; being a true history of the spy system of the United States Army during the late rebellion, revealing many secrets of the war hitherto not made public, compiled from official reports prepared for President Lincoln , General McClellan and the Provost-Marshal-General ., Chapter 4: (search)
About twenty men comprised the number, but many entered afterward. After a few preliminary movements, Howard was conducted to the station of the President of the assembly and duly sworn, the members gathering around him in a circle as this was being done. Having passed through the required formula, Howard was warmly taken by the hand by his associates, many of whom he had met in the polite circles of society. After quiet had been restored, the President, who was none other than Captain Fernandina, arose, and in a dramatic manner detailed the particulars of the plot. It had been fully determined that the assassination should take place at the Calvert street depot. A vast crowd of secessionists were to assemble at that place to await the arrival of the train with Mr. Lincoln. They would appear early and fill the narrow streets and passages immediately surrounding it. No attempt at secrecy was made of the fact that the Marshal of Police was conversant with their plans, and th