(1831-12-29)December 29, 1831 New York City, New York
Died
March 19, 1895(1895-03-19) (aged 63) Ridgewood, New Jersey
Buried
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery's Old Dutch Churchyard, Section D, Lot 65
Allegiance
United States of America
Service/branch
Union Army United States Army
Years of service
1862–1869
Rank
Captain (actual) Brigadier General (brevet)
Unit
Staff of Thomas W. Sherman Staff of Ulysses S. Grant
Battles/wars
American Civil War
Siege of Corinth, Mississippi
Defense of New Orleans
Port Hudson, Louisiana
Overland Campaign
Appomattox Campaign
Spouse(s)
Marie E. Niles (m. 1875)
Other work
Writer Diplomat
Adam Badeau (December 29, 1831 – March 19, 1895) was an American author, Union Army officer, and diplomat. He is most famous for his service on the staff of Ulysses S. Grant during the American Civil War and his subsequent three-volume biography of Grant. Badeau enjoyed a successful career as a writer and assisted Grant with the research, fact checking, and editing when Grant authored Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant.
A native of New York City, Badeau was raised and educated in Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, and became clerk in the New York City Street Department while studying law. In addition to practicing after he was admitted to the bar, Badeau became a writer, and his early work as a theater critic was carried by Noah's Sunday Times.
Badeau joined the Union Army during the American Civil War, and his abilities as a writer led to his prominence as a staff officer, first for Thomas W. Sherman, and later for Ulysses S. Grant. He took part in several campaigns, and rose from captain to brevet brigadier general. After the war, Badeau became the longtime U.S. Consul in London (1870-1881), and turned down appointments as a U.S. Minister in order to remain in England. From 1882 to 1884, he was the U.S. Consul in Havana, Cuba. Badeau continued to work as a writer, and was a prolific contributor of essays and articles to newspapers and magazines, in addition to being the author of several books, both fiction and non-fiction. In the mid-1880s, he worked with Grant during the preparation of Grant's memoirs, but left the project before it was complete after a dispute about how much Badeau would be paid, and how he would be credited in the book for his research, fact-checking, editing, and proofreading. Before the book had even released, Badeau spread false rumors that the memoirs were ghostwritten by Mark Twain (who was, in actuality, helping Grant publish and advertise them) and later successfully sued Grant's heirs to obtain payment.
Badeau died in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and was buried in the churchyard of the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow.
AdamBadeau (December 29, 1831 – March 19, 1895) was an American author, Union Army officer, and diplomat. He is most famous for his service on the staff...
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recalled the occurrence to Colonel AdamBadeau, a fellow officer who happened to be a friend of Edwin Booth's. Badeau sent a letter to Booth, complimenting...
received a letter from a friend, Colonel AdamBadeau, who was an officer on the staff of General Ulysses S. Grant. Badeau had heard the story from Robert Lincoln...
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God could prevent Grant's nomination." An aide to the ex-president, AdamBadeau, commented that Grant had become "extremely anxious to receive the nomination"...
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Shufeldt (1861–1863) William T. Minor (1864–1867) Henry C. Hall (1873–1877) AdamBadeau (1882–1884) Ramon O. Williams (1884–1896) Fitzhugh Lee (1896–1898) J...
his disappointment aside, Clemens passed along Gerhardt's request to AdamBadeau, Grant's military secretary, to cast the death mask of the terminally...
U.S. Consul General, London, England In office 1881–1885 Preceded by AdamBadeau Succeeded by Thomas M. Waller Collector of the Port of New York In office...
commments, New York, C. Scribner's son, Americana, p. 377 Chisholm 1911. AdamBadeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir...
of the Senateand recommissioned after confirmation on February 4, 1871. Badeau's nomination was withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it. Payson was commissioned...
June 30, 1881 Succeeded by Walker Blaine Diplomatic posts Preceded by AdamBadeau United States Chargé d'Affaires to Denmark August 12, 1881 – February...
reliance on quirky inspiration proved to be her downfall as an artist. AdamBadeau who witnessed Heron's Camille many times, reported that "she changes...
2017. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017. Badeau, Kevin (7 April 2017). "Le livre qui raconte l'intimité d'Emmanuel Macron"...
in sociology in 1923. In 1929, he married social worker Aminda "Minnie" Badeau; the couple had no children of their own, but they raised the two children...
Confederacy), University of Arkansas Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-55728-838-7 Badeau, Adam, Grant in Peace: From Appomattox to Mount McGregor; a Personal Memoir...
(1969–1974) Thomas A. Bartlett (1963–1969) Raymond F. McLain (1954–1963) John S. Badeau (1944–1953) Charles Watson (1919–1944) AUC offers 37 bachelor's degrees...
The Pall Mall military series. London: H. Rees, 1908. OCLC 2698769. Badeau, Adam. Military History of Ulysses S. Grant (Vol. III). New York: D. Appleton...
The Pall Mall military series. London: H. Rees, 1908. OCLC 2698769. Badeau, Adam. Military History of Ulysses S. Grant (Vol. III). New York: D. Appleton...
Global Information
Captain (actual)
Brigadier General (brevet)