The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 31, July 1927 - April, 1928 Page: 111
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A History of the J A Ranch
When the Civil War broke out, Wadsworth, who was fifty-three
years old, offered his services and asked to be appointed as an aide
to the staff of Brigadier General Irvin McDowell and was accepted.
He distinguished himself in the first battle of Bull Run, and as a
result he was commissioned a Brigadier General of volunteers in
New York State. His brigade was composed of the Twelfth,
Twenty-first, Twenty-third and Thirty-fifth New York Regiments.
In March, 1862, Wadsworth was appointed Military Governor of
Washington to protect the Capitol. Wadsworth was nominated
for Governor of New York, but was defeated by Seymour. Late
in December, 1862, Wadsworth was ordered to report to Burnside,
and in the year 1863 took part in the Battles of Chancellorsville
and Gettysburg. Meade's orders of March 25, 1864, assigned
Wadsworth to the Command of the Fourth Division of the Fifth
Corps under Major General S. K. Warren. Wadsworth played
a prominent part in the battle of the Wilderness, was mortally
wounded May 6, and died two days later in a Confederate hospital.
Wadsworth was commissioned as Brevet Major General of volun-
teers "For gallant conduct at the battles of Gettysburg and the
Wilderness and dates rank from May 6, 1864.""
Mrs. Cornelia Ritchie's husband, Montgomery Ritchie, helped
Wadsworth recruit the New York regiment known as the Wads-
worth Guards and accepted an offer to join Burnside's Expedition
to North Carolina, but ill health forced him to return to his home
in the summer of 1862. Later he served on the staff of Major
General Augur, a division Commander in Banks's Expedition to
Louisiana, and displayed gallantry before Port Hudson; but dis-
ease again interrupted his services, and in May, 1864, continued ill
health compelled him to resign. He died at Geneseo six months
later.6
In 1867 a ball was given in New York City in honor of United
States Congressman J. C. Hughes, who was a friend of the Wads-
worth family. It happened that at this time, John G. Adair was
in New York, looking after his brokerage business and he attended
this ball. Mrs. Cornelia Ritchie also attended this ball. It was
5Ibid., 55-290.
elbid., 80.111
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