Basic HTML Version
160
●
BRADY, MATTHEW (1822-1896)
Ward Lamon (Abraham Lincoln’s bodyguard and the marshal of Washington City). Large-format
glass plate collodion negative, 17x14 inches (43.2x35.6 cm.). Circa 1875
[4,000/6,000]
Ward Lamon (1828-1893) was a partner in Lincoln’s law firm in the 1850s, and served as the
president’s personal bodyguard during the CivilWar.After General Lee’s surrender, Lincoln sent Lamon
to the Confederate capital of Richmond,Virginia to oversee the surrender. It was during Lamon’s absence
that Lincoln was assassinated by JohnWilkes Booth, at Ford’s Theatre, on April 14, 1865.