Adam Badeau was born in New York City on December 29, 1831. He was a Union Army officer and a biographer of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. His contemporaries noted his attachment to actor Edwin Booth and later scholars have suggested that he was homosexual. Badeau died on March 19, 1895. You can learn more about Badeau here: Adam Badeau (1831-1895): Civil War Officer and Presidential Biographer.