Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895 to Lorenzo Thomas
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05022 Author/Creator: Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 August 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 23.7 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Badeau, captain and aide-de-camp, writes to Thomas, United States Adjutant General. Writes, "I have the honor to report my continued presence in Washington City, awaiting orders for the field, with Brig Gen T. W. Sherman, to whom I was reassigned by the Secretary of War. Includes his address. Includes a note written by Edward Davis Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General, 11 August 1862. Townsend states that Badeau will report to General Thomas Sherman, from whose staff he has not been properly relieved.
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