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Wadsworth, James S.
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Relationship updated: 2011-07-28 02:17 PM
Oct 30, 1807 - May 08, 1864
Relationship information: In late 1861, James S. Wadsworth was named a Brigadier General by President Lincoln. Wadsworth was later appointed the Military Governor of Washington. He died on May 8, 1864 after being wounded in the Wilderness Campaign. Source: "Washington and Georgetown, D.C.,"
Indexes to Field Records of Hospitals, 1821-1912
, Manuscript Record Group 94, National Archives.