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EVB2933181: John C. Breckenridge was one of four candidates running for the 1860 presidential election, and split the Democratic vote with Stephen Douglas, hence enabling the victory of Republican Abraham Lincoln. Breckenridge joined the Confederates as an active General and later as Confederate States Secretary of War / Bridgeman Images
EVB2933188: David E. Herold a Lincoln Assassination conspirator in maniacals at the Washington Navy Yard. This photograph was taken on one of the monitors, U.S.S. Montauk and Saugus, where the conspirators were for a time confined. David Herold accompanied Lewis Powell to the home of Secretary of State William Seward on the night of April 14 / Bridgeman Images