Cadwallader C. Washburn

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Written as “General Washburn”

Cadwallader Colden Washburn was a Wisconsin businessman and politician, later governor of Wisconsin, who served as a Union general (Wikipedia).

James wrote in January 1864: “I hear that the 13 Army Corps, under General Washburn, has landed at Corpus Christi and is making advances in the interior but I hear of no fighting of any importance” (James, January 18, 1864).

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1864 Jan 18