💡 Trivia Abraham Lincoln's Dog Was Also Assassinated

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Although accounts vary on whether the act was intentional, Civil War veteran Charlie Planck stabbed the late Abraham Lincoln's dog Fido to death in 1866.

The Lincoln family adopted a yellow mongrel in 1855, but left their beloved pet with friends when they moved to Washington, DC in 1861. According to city residents, Fido was incredibly friendly and often greeted people by leaping toward them. Witnesses say that when Fido met a drunken Planck, he also met his fateful demise.

Planck was whittling a stick with a sharp knife when the dog jumped toward him for a friendly embrace. Maliciously or not, Planck stabbed Fido in the side, severely injuring the canine, who then fled. Fido's body was found a month later, near an old church, where he was buried on sacred ground.

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