{"product_id":"come-retribution-the-confederate-secret-service-and-the-assassination-of-lincoln-paperback","title":"Come Retribution: The Confederate Secret Service and the Assassination of Lincoln - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam A. Tidwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames O. Hall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Winfred Gaddy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany 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.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 1865. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Investigating the assassination from their perspective as career intelligence officers, William A. Tidwell and David Winfred Gaddy, joined by James O. Hall, one of the leading authorities on the assassination, find and follow the clues, interpret the clandestine evidence, and draw well-founded conclusions. They are the first to explore the Confederate Secret Service's link to the death of Lincoln. In \u003ci\u003eCome Retribution\u003c\/i\u003e, they offer startling insights and give a new direction to the well-known and often-told story of Lincoln and Booth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The facts presented and the inferences drawn are provocative,\" said Nathan Miller in \u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e. \"Every account of the Lincoln assassination published in the future will have to take account of the arguments presented in this book.\"\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn astonishing book that reveals the Confederacy's role in the death of Lincoln\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.41 x 9.06 x 5.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755031626016,"sku":"9780878053483","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ed21556e62a39f74f8dbb24a3b9215b4.webp?v=1780048788","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/come-retribution-the-confederate-secret-service-and-the-assassination-of-lincoln-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}