ORDERS. 
ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE, 
Washington, April 23, 1862. 
The Adjutant General with unfeigned regret announces to the 
officers of his Department the decease of one of their number, most 
highly valued as an officer and gentleman. Major Theodore Talbot, 
Assistant Adjutant General, died in this city yesterday, while on duty 
as Chief of Staff to Brigadier General Wadsworth, Military Governor 
of the District of Columbia. 
Major Talbot was the son of the late Senator Isham Talbot, of 
Kentucky. He was a member of Fifemont’s expedition to the Bocky 
Mountains in 1845-6, and when the flag of the United States was 
raised by that officer in California, on the breaking out of the war 
with Mexico, was appointed and continued to serve as Adjutant of the 
Battalion of Mountaineers, Guides, &c., which ccBperatt d with the Navy 
in the conquest of the country. Appointed Second Lieutenant of the 
1st Begiment of Artillery in May, 1847, he served in Mexico till the 
close of the w?ar. From May, 1849, until February, 1853, he wras on 
duty in Oregon, where he acted as Chief of Staff to the Department 
Commander. Subsequently, during the last war with the Indians, he 
was wdth his Company in Florida, where he again acted as Chief of Staff. 
The Company to which he belonged being stationed in Charleston 
Harbor at the commencement of the rebellion, he was one of those 
beleagured in Fort Sumter, and only missed being present at the 
bombardment of that Fort by having been selected as the bearer of 
confidential despatches from Major Anderson to the Government of 
the United States, and, on his return to Charleston, being refused 
permission by the State authorities to rejoin his Company. He was 
appointed Assistant Adjutant General in April, 1861, and v as Chief 
of Staff to Brigadier General Mansfield, Military Commander in the 
city of Washington, during the momentous time of his command. His 
early death was no doubt hastened by the arduous duties he so faith- 
fully performed during these last two periods of his service. 2 
As a tribute to the memory of this accomplished officer and amiable 
man, the officers of the Adjutant General’s Department will wear the 
usual badge of mourning for thirty days. 
L. THOMAS, 
Adjutant General. 
Official: 
Assistant Adjutant General