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==Background==
==Background==
Named for [[Algernon Sidney]], an English politician who is admired for his republican principles, considered a "Whig patriot and martyr," and highly influential by America's [[Founding Fathers]], including Presidents [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[John Adams]].<ref>Jonathan Scott, "Sidney, Algernon (1623–1683), 2004 .</ref> Badger was born to John Breighton Badger (1811-1904), a native of [[New Hampshire]] and the former Sarah Payne Sprague. He was educated at Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts.
Named for Algernon Sidney (1623-1683), an English politician who is admired for his republican principles, considered a "Whig patriot and martyr," and highly influential by America's [[Founding Fathers]], including Presidents [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[John Adams]].<ref>Jonathan Scott, "Sidney, Algernon (1623–1683), 2004.</ref> Badger was born to John Breighton Badger (1811-1904), a native of [[New Hampshire]] and the former Sarah Payne Sprague. He was educated at Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts.<ref name=lahist/>
Badger volunteered for service in the Civil War with the 6th Massachusetts Infantry, later the 26th Infantry. He was sent to New Orleans as a [[lieutenant]]. In 1863, he enlisted in the Union cavalry, and was given command of Company D. He was promoted to [[lieutenant colonel]] and then colonel for "faithful and meritorious service" in the 1864 [[Battle of Mobile Bay]] in [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], [[Alabama]]. Earlier that year, he was wounded in battle at False River in southern Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, as part of the Red River campaign.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site19.php
Badger volunteered for service in the Civil War with the 6th Massachusetts Infantry, later the 26th Infantry. He was sent to New Orleans as a [[lieutenant]]. In 1863, he enlisted in the Union cavalry, and was given command of Company D. He was promoted to [[lieutenant colonel]] and then colonel for "faithful and meritorious service" in the 1864 [[Battle of Mobile Bay]] in [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], [[Alabama]]. Earlier that year, he was wounded in battle at False River in southern Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, as part of the Red River campaign.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site19.php