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Wadsworth, James S.
Last modified:
2012-08-09 05:50 PM
Title:
Brigadier General
Date of Birth (not before):
1807-10-30
Date of Birth (not after):
1807-10-30
Date of Death (not before):
1864-05-08
Date of Death (not after):
1864-05-08
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Military District of Washington
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Relationship updated: 2011-07-28 02:17 PM
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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.