Adam Badeau
American diplomat
Died when: 63 years 80 days (758 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
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.
He 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.
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