For the first time, Phillip Thomas Tucker, Ph.D., has resurrected one of the best remaining untold stories of the Civil War. Dr. Tucker is the first historian in more than a century and a half to reveal the hidden history of the daring attempt of William C. Quantrill and his Missouri guerrillas to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. Tucker has unearthed a hidden gem in the treasure trove of Civil War literature: the secret mission to kill Lincoln in the hope of reversing the course of the war. By rescuing this fascinating story from oblivion, the author has presented a fresh ''new look'' at the most studied conflict and most written about president in American history.