President Lincoln is mortally wounded. The nation is under attack. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton takes control and tries to protect Vice President Andrew Johnson.

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Starring Jeremy Schwartz as Edwin Stanton.

Also featuring (in order of appearance):

Lindsay Graham (Abraham Lincoln)

Pam Dougherty (Actress 1)

Matthew Gray (Harry Hark)

Didi Archilla (Actress 2)

Montgomery Sutton (John Wilkes Booth)

Ian Ferguson (Major Thomas Eckert)

Taylor Harris (Soldier)

J. Michael Tatum (Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles)

Reed Birney (Senator John P. Hale)

Jessica Renee Russell (Lucy Hale)

Aaron Roberts (Marshal James McPhail)

R. Bruce Elliott (Vice President Andrew Johnson)

David Coffee (Doctor)

Created by Steven Walters and Erik Archilla

Written and directed by Steven Walters

Executive Producer: Lindsay Graham

Co-executive Producers: Erik Archilla, Robert McCollum and Steven Walters

Music and Sound Design by Lindsay Graham

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