#adam badeau

[casterhex]

and another. because i could.

[angelkeitai]

me and the bestie

[riddled-forensic]

Just found out that Adam wore a ring with Edwin’s portrait in it. I mean COME ON…

[lyceumthesprout]

flights of angels aren't singing me to rest when i lay awake at 2:25am thinking of yaoi

[1800sfagoff]

come on guys

[mckinleygirl98]

Happy Birthday, Mr. Badeau!

Born 1831 in New York City, Adam Badeau was a prolific author, theatre critic, and Union soldier who served on General U. S. Grant’s staff as a brevet lieutenant colonel from 1864-1869, when he left the army due to the lingering effects of a severe injury at the Siege of Port Hudson.

Badeau aided his close friend General Grant in writing not only a biography of his life but, toward the end of Grant’s life, his memoirs. That is, until they quarreled and eventually he was dismissed.

Badeau published his works in the New York Sunday Times under the pen name “The Vagabond”, also the title of his published 1859 work. He died in 1895 at 63 years old and was buried in New Jersey.

the most speculative idea about Adam Badeau is not about his many accomplishments or works, nor his friendship with General Grant, but rather, his alleged homosexuality. Badeau was said to have had liaisons with fellow Union soldiers- and the greatest actor of the day and “100 Nights’ Hamlet”, Edwin Booth.

Booth and Badeau were extremely close in the years leading up to the Civil War. They frequently wrote to and about each other, and Adam helped keep Edwin from drinking, especially after the death of the actor’s first wife, Mary Devlin. In The Vagabond, Badeau writes about his “Night With the Booths”, where he and Booth are looking through Edwin’s fathers’ old things. Badeau recalls Edwin reading to him until Adam fell asleep on his shoulder, where they remained. Their relationship was strong during the early 1860’s & 1870’s.

Adam Badeau’s sexuality has been explored by many a historian and Civil War buff, as well as various pieces of media, including the musical Tyrants. He is most well remembered for his relationship with Booth, a charming story, indeed, but Badeau’s good character and talented work, as well as his role in the war effort, are not to be forgotten.

[johnrawlins]

I was thinking about the Grant and Twain book I read last month when I realize just how absurd Adam Badeau was acting. Bro literally crashed out because he was not Grant’s #1 (I mean there were other things but ya know). Then he basically blackmailed him and threatened to leave while going around telling everyone he was writing Grant’s memoirs. And Grant, bless his heart, ran out of all his patience after years of putting up with people’s bs. He basically unleashed all his pent up frustration and said you are petulant, a drunk, quarrelsome, and shit at your job. Badeau was so shook that for the rest of his life he denied that Grant wrote the letter because it was that corrosive.

[mono-socke]

hamilton is overrated, go watch tyrants

ad and ned, they're so dear to me

[grants-blue-eyed-stare]

Spent hours in the bookstore today!

While I was looking at the books, I learned that Adam Badeau was in love with Edwin Booth. I love history.

[jamescanningauthor]

Me with historical figures

Liking character is fun until you think about them and you just have to stare at nothing for a few minutes because of how tragic

And mauybe you are almost crying but you are having fun

[casterhex]

was it icon queen the house down behaviour when adam badeau tried to extort a cancer-ridden ulysses s grant for money

[theballadofczolgosz]

alternate universe where there's a Hamilton-esque musical about Edwin Booth and people make AMVs about him and Adam Badeau to Good Luck, Babe by Chappell Roan

[riddled-forensic]

ATTENTION EVERYONE!!!

@mckinleygirl98 @divinerightanti @jamescanningauthor @lyceumthesprout

[jamescanningauthor]

adam badeau and edwin booth

need someone to tie me down to a bed when I'm tweaking out and talk to me softly and put a cool cloth on my forehead

[lyceumthesprout]

i love making animatics of ad and ned they're all i can think about

[1800sfagoff]

OHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOO THIS HAPPENED SOONER THJ EXPECTED KMS