Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895

Badeau was a Union army general, an aide to General William T. Sherman, and a historian.

From the description of Badeau, Adam, narrative. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23360819

American author and historian.

From the description of Letter, 1892. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367573079

General, United States Army; biographer of Ulysses S. Grant.

From the description of Correspondence, 1885, 1889. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26677651

American military officer and author.

From the description of Autograph letter signed, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270134316

American author, soldier and diplomat; military secretary to U.S. Grant, 1864-66; Aide de Camp to Grant 1866-69; Secretary of U.S. Legation at London, 1870-1881, Charge d'Affairs at Copenhagen, 1881; Consul General at Havana, 1882-84.

From the guide to the Adam Badeau letters, 1867, 1877, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

Army officer, author, and diplomat.

From the description of Adam Badeau correspondence, 1864-1887. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123540231

A volunteer in the U.S. military service at the outset of the Civil War, Adam Badeau worked as an aide on the staff of General Thomas W. Sherman until he was wounded in May 1863. He spent some months recovering in Jamaica, New York and at Fillmore House in Newport. In March 1864, Badeau was appointed military secretary to General Ulysses S. Grant, with the rank, first of lieutenant-colonel and afterward of colonel. On this duty, he accompanied the general in the Wilderness and Appomattox campaigns, and remained on his staff until March 1869, when he was retired from the army with the full rank of captain. In later years, Badeau held various diplomatic service posts.

From the guide to the Civil War Letters of Adam Badeau, 1862-1909, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections)

Adam Badeau was an American author, military general during the American Civil War, and diplomat.

From the description of Letters from various correspondents, ca. 187- (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 80881749

Adam Badeau was an American author, military General during the American Civil War, and diplomat.

From the guide to the Letters from various correspondents, ca. 1870-1879., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

American diplomat and author; military secretary and aide to Ulysses S. Grant, 1864-1865, and Grant's lifelong friend and biographer.

From the description of Military notebook, 1864-1865. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86165753

U.S. Army brigadier-general; diplomat; military secretary (1864-1865), biographer, and friend of Ulysses S. Grant.

From the description of The battle of Chancellorsville by General Adam Badeau, [18--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70970177

Adam Badeau was a soldier, diplomat, and military secretary to Ulysses S. Grant. Born in New York City on December 29, 1831, he joined the military in 1862 and served as aide to General Thomas W. Sherman until he was wounded in 1863. In March of 1864 he was appointed military secretary to General Ulysses S. Grant and eventually promoted to colonel. He was with Grant until March 1869 and was present at the Confederate surrender at Appomattox; he retired from the army with the full rank of captain and the brevet rank of Brigadier-General. From 1869 to 1881 he was in London, first as secretary of legation and then as consul-general, with a leave of absence granted by the state department from 1877-1878 to accompany General Grant on his tour round the world. He later served as consul-general at Havana, from 1882 to 1884. He died in 1895.

Badeau assisted Grant in the preparation of Grant's Memoirs and authored a number of books and articles on military subjects. His published works include The Vagabond, a collection of essays (New York, 1859); a three-volume Military History of Ulysses S. Grant (1867-1881); Conspiracy: a Cuban Romance (1885) ; Aristocracy in England (1886); and Grant in Peace, a biographical profile of the General (1886).

From the guide to the Adam Badeau Manuscript, undated, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)