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It's late 1864. Abraham Lincoln is won a second term.

Confederate cities are falling left and right. The CSA is against the ropes,

and a 26 year old Marylander is determined to remedy that.

Now this young man is already helping the Confederacy.

God knows the high wages his theatrical talents command on stages from Boston to Washington

City have bought plenty of quinine for the rebels. His union loyal sister has noted the

calluses on his hands from personally rowing across the Potomac to smuggle the valuable medicine south.

But the metaphorical hour is late. It's time for a move of far greater proportions.

The Confederacy needs more men, and since the union refuses to carry out prisoner exchanges,

as long as Confederate leaders refuse to return black POWs, the handsome,

mustachioed pale skinned actor with jet black hair has come up with a bold plan.

He'll kidnap the one man for whom the US would have to exchange thousands of Confederate soldiers,

President Abraham Lincoln.

Amid his preparations, recruiting accomplices, and meeting with the Confederate Secret Service,

he's also writing a letter. It's undated, but should his kidnapping plot fail,

this manifesto will, he believes, explain. No, justify his actions. The letter is self-contradicting

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