Cadwallader Colden Washburn was an American businessman, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the 11th governor of Wisconsin (1872-1874) and served 10 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing western Wisconsin. As a businessman, he acquired and grew the Minneapolis Milling Company, creating the business that would later become General Mills. During the American Civil War, Washburn also distinguished himself as a Union Army officer, and rose to the rank of major general, leading forces in the western theater of the war.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRIOT OF WEST TENNESSEE, Memphis, Tenn., September 1, 1864. GENERAL: You will order Brig. Gen. J. A. Mower, commanding First Division, Sixteenth Army Corps, to embark the effective force…
MEMPHIS MEMPHIS, September 3, 1864. (Received 5th.) Maj. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Commanding Department of the Missouri: 1 am pretty well satisfied that there is a big raid on foot…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE, Memphis, Tenn., September 10, 1864. Col. WILLIAM CROOKS, Commanding District, Helena: CoLONEL: Yours of the 5th to Major Morgan is received. My troops are all…