William Henry Johnson was a free African American and a sometime personal valet of Abraham Lincoln. Having first worked for Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, Johnson accompanied the President-Elect to
The train that transported Lincoln to Washington for his 1861 inauguration
The White House (also called the Executive Mansion) during the American Civil War
Lincoln with George B. McClellan and staff at the Grove Farm after the Battle of Antietam. Notable figures (from left) are 1. Col. Delos Sackett; 4. Gen. George W. Morell; 5. Alexander S. Webb, Chief of Staff, V Corps; 6. McClellan;. 8. Dr. Jonathan Letterman; 10. Lincoln; 11. Henry J. Hunt; 12. Fitz John Porter; 15. Andrew A. Humphreys; 16. Capt. George Armstrong Custer.
Graves of African-American civilians, marked "Citizen", in Arlington National Cemetery
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Thomas "Tad" Lincoln was the fourth and youngest son of the 16th president of the United States Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln.
William Henry Johnson (valet)
…traveling, Lincoln experienced symptoms of the onset of smallpox. At that time, an epidemic was spreading through Washington, D.C. and Lincoln's son Tad Lincoln had smallpox. Johnson tended to Lincoln and became quite ill by January 12, 1864, when he was admitted to a hospital. Johnson died within the next…
Lincoln wearing a military-style uniform, c. 1864
Tad Lincoln with his father looking at a photo album