Badeau, Adam (1831-1895) to Lorenzo Thomas
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05022 Author/Creator: Badeau, Adam (1831-1895) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 August 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 23.7 x 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.
Washington D.C.
August 1st. 1862
Brig.r Gen.l L. Thomas
Adjt. Gen.l U.S. Army
Sir,
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 assigned by the Secretary of War. My address is the National Hotel, Washington, D.C., and will remain unchanged until I receive orders from the War Department.
I am Sir,
Very Resp'y Your obedient servant
Adam Badeau
Capt. & A.D.C.
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