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Passage through Baltimore:
In Adalbert Volck's hands, President Lincoln, the Great Emancipator, became the devil incarnate, among lesser villains. In this print Volck ridicules Lincoln for making a secret passage by train through Baltimore in late February 1861. During this journey to Washington for his inauguration, Lincoln had been warned of a possible assassination plot in Baltimore, a city with strong southern sentiments. He was advised to pass through quietly, under cover of night, and he reluctantly heeded the advice. After Lincoln became president without incident, he regretted having made an unannounced and guarded arrival in the nation's capital.
Etching, 1863 |