Well there was the attempt to burn New York by the self-styled Confederate Army of Manhattan
There wasn't a plan to burn Boston that I know of. But then again there were no sitting congressmen arrested or any plan to arrest Chief Justice Taney either.
” But then again there were no sitting congressmen arrested or any plan to arrest Chief Justice Taney either. “
Lincoln had at least one Congressman arrested and jailed and he put out orders to arrest Taney but thankfully cooler heads refused to carry out Lincolns’ direct orders.
Facts can be worrisome things. :-)