Ward Hill Lamon (January 6, 1828 – May 7, 1893) was a personal friend and self-appointed bodyguard of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Lamon was famously absent the night Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865, having been sent by Lincoln to Richmond, Virginia.
Read more about Ward Hill Lamon: Background, Early Years With Lincoln, Lamon and The Baltimore Plot, 1861, Lamon As U.S. Marshal and His Relationship With Lincoln 1861-1865, Lamon As Lincoln's Biographer, Lamon After Lincoln's Death, Perceptions of Lamon
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