Lincoln and the secret service

[RJNorton]

(04-22-2013 10:54 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  I, too, read that the secret service was created on Apr. 14, 1865.

I have read this, too, but I have never found that Abraham Lincoln had anything to do with this. Although Lincoln did indeed see Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch on April 14, 1865, I cannot find that anything formal such as the start of the Secret Service came out of this. This was a time when Lincoln was totally preoccupied with restoring the nation so it seems extraordinarily unlikely to me that he discussed, in any length, the Secret Service idea with McCulloch. I am not saying it didn't happen, but I have not seen the evidence it did.

IMO, I have wondered if this is one of those "last day embellishments" to make the story of the Lincoln assassination more sensational.

Maybe someone can prove me wrong by citing the evidence this actually happened on April 14, 1865.