In the final throes of the Civil War, a chilling discovery near Richmond sent shockwaves through both Union and Confederate camps. On the body of a slain young Union officer—Colonel Ulric Dahlgren, Confederate soldiers found secret papers allegedly ordering the assassination of Jefferson Davis and the burning of Richmond. If authentic, these "Dahlgren Papers" represented one of the most explosive assassination plots in U.S. military history.

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