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There was a plan to kidnap Lincoln and as many cabinet members and newly elected Republican legislators as possible before the inauguration. Jefferson Davis (rightly IMO) considered this a boneheaded plan and strongly advised against it. What if that conversation never took place and the attempt was made and by some miracle succeeded?