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
Lincoln was assassinated
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Ward Hill Lamon