In late February 1861 President-elect Lincoln was on his way to Washington DC to be sworn in as the 16th President of the USA, in Baltimore MD a plot to kill him forced the President-elect to hid and flee the city, what if however the plot isn't uncovered and Lincoln dies 9 days before becoming President, making Vice-President-elect Hannibal Hamlin President (in 9 days) how does this change the out come of the Civil War? also what is the likelihood of President Hamlin being assassinated?