George Caleb Bingham BiographyAn adjutant general is an administrative officer in an army. One of Bingham’s administrative duties as adjutant general involved evaluating ex-soldiers' claims against the government. In early 1876 he lobbied Congress to provide Missouri with money to pay its state militia for service to the federal government during the Civil War. While in Washington, D.C., Bingham began his portrait of the sculptor Vinnie Ream.
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