Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-21
SOLDIERS AT REST.
Generals Badeau and Cooke
Pass to Eternal Sleep.
GRANTS HISTORIAN AND HIS WORK.

Career in the Army Gallant ana Useful
One-A Man of Varied Accomplishments
His History of the ssold Commander-'-
His Diplomatic and Library Achieve
nents-Gen. Cooke Loyal southerner
In 1861 and Hero of Many Wars.
New YORK, March 2l-Gencral Adam
Badeau died at Ridgewood, n. j., yester-
day, aged "a years. He was on the staff OF
General Grant as military secretary, and
afterward served as secretary of the Amer
lean legation in London. General Badeau
was national character for many years,
and owed his celebrity largely to his
friendship for General Grant, the latter's
regard for him and the work ne did since
Grants death as the biographer Of the
great soldier. His death was caused by
apoplexy. The general was stricken
at about 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
while talking with his adopted son, George
Corsa- The two had been together about
fifteen minutes when the general began
to gasp, and fell back into the arms OF
Nj. Corsa. dying in a few minutes. Dur
ing the past six months the general had
to undergo several operations to remove
cataracts from his eyes. He had resided
with George Corsa and Miss CiIiiiman,
his adopted children, since last fall.
Wounded While Leading a Charge.
General Badeau was born in this city in
December, 1881. In his boyhood he was
put in the hands of a private tutor, and
was afterward sent to boarding school
at Tarrytown, n. Y. In 1852 he voiun-
teerei in the military service OF the United
States, and his first appointment was on
the staff of Brigadier General Thomas w.
Sherman. He was with Sherman in Louisi-
ana, where he served until May %, 1868.
On that day he was desperately wounded
with his commanding officer while they
were leading an assault on the Confed-
crate works at Port Hudson. About one
year from this time he was appointed
military secretary of General Grant The
title which went with this appointment
was that of lieutenant colonel. He was
afterward made colonel
His Coz nectiOn with Gen. Grant.
While serving in u capacity the duties
of which brought him SO close to the com
mander of the governments forces dur
ing the year following, Colonel Badeau
had ample opportunity to see General
| Grants personality in all its phases. and
| he was probably as familiar with tine pri-
| waite character, foibles, magnanimity and
| military genius of the great soldier as
any other man who touched the generals
| sphere. He accompanied Grant through
| the campaigns of the Wilderness and of
-ppomattox, and served on the staff I'M
| til March, 1869, when he was retired from
| the army with the full rank of captain
| and the brevet OF brigadier general. He
As re n
| by tie volunteer service.
Successful as a Diplomat.
1t was in May, 1859, that General b.
dcau entered the diplomatic SERVICE re-
| ceiving an appointment as secretary OF
| the London legation. He served in that
| capacity for six months. In 1870 he was
sent to Madrid rs the bearer of important
government dispatches, and in May of
| that year returned to London as consul
general, which Office he held until 1881
| His diplomatic career was long and sue.
| ccss!ul During the two years of 1877
| and 1875 he was given leave of absence
| from his duties in London, and was one
| of the party that accompanied Grant on
| the famous tour of the world. He was
| recalled from his position in London by
President Garfield and one year later was
| given the consul generalship ut Havana
In this position he served until 1854, when
he resigned because he was not permitted
| by the department Of state To substantiatc
certain charges of corruption which he
he d made against it.
| Was an Author ms Well.
He also had the satisfaction of beating
| Uncle Sam in two cases where he was
| charged with drawing too much money in
| fees, the courts declaring that Badeau
was right. The general about this time
| began To grow tired of n diplomatic life.
| In 1919 he was given an opportunity to go
to Brussels rs United States minister, but
declined. Later, in 1881, when he was
rendered mission to Copenhagen he de-
| clined that place, too. All his life he was
a literary man. writing Tor the papers
and also being the author of u number of
books, the most important OF which was
his Military History of Ulysses 5.
Grant" He also later wrote Grant in
Peace" His contributions to periodical
literature in the way of articles. covering
Il wide range of subjects, have been valu-
| liable and meritor.ous.
| His Opinion oil Gen. Grant.
| Whatever fame as a writer Badeau has
must rest on his volumes relating to
Grant, and they are all works of great
value. He it was who termed General
Grant Grant, the Hammer" because he
| declared that he s;notc the stone wall OF
the Confederacy and left it in ruins. He
held that General Grants greatness cul-
minated during the last year of the civil
| war, when he was in command of the ma
tinpal armies. He was good president,
but a great soldier, and it was upon these
lines that General Badeau became Grants
| biographer. Writing of the odd Com
mander' he says: He was so simple, SO
| unambitious, SO urstudied. SO apparently
unconscious of self, so utterly unlike
what supposed supereminently great
man to be. Immediately after Lee sur
rendered went up to him and said some.
thing about the event living in history,
but am sure that that had never &C.
| CURED to him"