Born June 1821 Frankfort KY
Brother of CS General William Wirt Adams
Wounded at Shiloh/Pittsburg Landing, Stone's River/Murfreesboro, and Chickamauga
Died June 13, 1872 New Orleans LA
Buried Greenwood Cemetery Jackson MS in unmarked grave by his brother

He was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, but the family moved to Mississippi while he was still a child. There he read law and was admitted to the bar. Moving to Louisiana, in 1861 he was appointed by Governor Thomas O. Moore to a military board organizing the state for war. He entered military service as a Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Louisiana Regulars and was advanced to Colonel after the regiment was ordered to Pensacola, Florida. Early in 1862 he and his men were transferred to the West, where he remained for the duration of the war. He distinguished himself by leading a successful attack on Brigadier General Benjamin Prentiss' division at Shiloh, where he lost his right eye. On May 23, 1862, he was commissioned Brigadier General and that year led the Louisiana Brigade at Perryville, Kentucky, on October 8th, and at Stone's River, Tenneessee, on December 31st. Wounded again in the latter battle, he returned to the field in time to command at Chickamauga, in September 1863. On the second day of the battle, his men broke through Union lines but were driven back by reinforcements. He was wounded a third time and captured. After his exchange and recovery, he briefly commanded a cavalry brigade in Alabama. During the last month of the war, he was given command of the Department of the Gulf, taking part in the defense of Selma, Alabama, and in resisting the final Union advances in April 1865. He was paroled at Meridian, Mississippi, on May 9, 1865. After spending some time in England, he resumed practicing law in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he died. He was the brother of William Wirt Adams, who was a prominent Mississippi secessionist and a Confederate Brigadier General.