Lot of 2, including a vignette CDV portrait of Ward Hill Lamon from B.P. Paige's "Plumb Gallery" in Washington, D.C., and a hand-tinted vignette of Lamon's wife Sally, with two cent revenue stamp canceled 1865 on verso. Lamon (1828-1893) was President Lincoln's close friend and self-appointed bodyguard. The two became law partners in 1852 and their friendship grew to the point that Hill campaigned for Lincoln despite significant political differences--especially regarding slavery--culminating in Lamon's joining the Republican Party in 1860. Lincoln rewarded him for his loyalty and invited Hill to accompany him to Washington for the inauguration. Along the way, Allan Pinkerton warned of an assassination plot in Baltimore and Lamon was given sole responsibility for the president-elect's safety as they secretly rode a midnight train to the capital. Pinkerton was skeptical of the idea but overruled by Lincoln, as would be many others who voiced their uneasiness with Lamon over the next four years. Lincoln appointed him U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia, sent him as an emissary to Fort Sumter, and generally gave him access to all presidential functions. For his part, Lamon was said to have personally patrolled the White House grounds each night--once killing an armed Southerner hiding in the bushes--and would even sleep outside Lincoln's bedroom door at times he sensed particular danger. Unfortunately, he was on assignment in Richmond on April 14, 1865, although he would later say that he had warned Lincoln not to go out in public that night. Being so despised by Washington insiders, Lamon accompanied the funeral train to Springfield then promptly resigned his post in order to return to the practice of law. He published a poorly received biography in 1872, and another posthumously. Even today his character is questioned by historians, and the fact that Lincoln defended him so staunchly against so many detractors certainly says something about the importance of the virtue of loyalty to the president, which he invoked so strongly to the nation during the Civil War. Provenance: The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: Hill cdv is very good; his wife's lightly worn and soiled with some damage to the lower edge.
Lot of 2, including a vignette CDV portrait of Ward Hill Lamon from B.P. Paige's "Plumb Gallery" in Washington, D.C., and a hand-tinted vignette of Lamon's wife Sally, with two cent revenue stamp canceled 1865 on verso. Lamon (1828-1893) was President Lincoln's close friend and self-appointed bodyguard. The two became law partners in 1852 and their friendship grew to the point that Hill campaigned for Lincoln despite significant political differences--especially regarding slavery--culminating in Lamon's joining the Republican Party in 1860. Lincoln rewarded him for his loyalty and invited Hill to accompany him to Washington for the inauguration. Along the way, Allan Pinkerton warned of an assassination plot in Baltimore and Lamon was given sole responsibility for the president-elect's safety as they secretly rode a midnight train to the capital. Pinkerton was skeptical of the idea but overruled by Lincoln, as would be many others who voiced their uneasiness with Lamon over the next four years. Lincoln appointed him U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia, sent him as an emissary to Fort Sumter, and generally gave him access to all presidential functions. For his part, Lamon was said to have personally patrolled the White House grounds each night--once killing an armed Southerner hiding in the bushes--and would even sleep outside Lincoln's bedroom door at times he sensed particular danger. Unfortunately, he was on assignment in Richmond on April 14, 1865, although he would later say that he had warned Lincoln not to go out in public that night. Being so despised by Washington insiders, Lamon accompanied the funeral train to Springfield then promptly resigned his post in order to return to the practice of law. He published a poorly received biography in 1872, and another posthumously. Even today his character is questioned by historians, and the fact that Lincoln defended him so staunchly against so many detractors certainly says something about the importance of the virtue of loyalty to the president, which he invoked so strongly to the nation during the Civil War. Provenance: The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: Hill cdv is very good; his wife's lightly worn and soiled with some damage to the lower edge.
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