Adelbert Ames
Born: October 31, 1835
Birthplace: Rockland, Maine
Father: Captain Jesse Ames 1808 – 1894
(Buried: Northfield Cemetery, Northfield, Minnesota)
Mother: Martha Bradbury Tolman 1813 – 1903
(Buried: Northfield Cemetery, Northfield, Minnesota)
Wife: Blanche Butler 1847 – 1939
(Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts)
Father–in–law: Major General Benjamin F. Butler 1818 – 1893
(Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts)
Children:
U.S. Congressman Butler Ames 1871 – 1954
(Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts)
Sarah Hildreth Ames 1874 – 1931
(Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts)
Blanche Ames 1878 – 1969
(Buried: Village Cemetery, Easton, Massachusetts)
Adelbert Ames Jr. 1880 – 1955
(Buried: Dartmouth College Cemetery, Hanover, New Hampshire)
Jessie Ames Marshall 1882 – 1967
(Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts)
Education:
May 1861: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (5th)
Civil War Career:
1861: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery
1861: Drilled Union Volunteers in Washington, D.C.
1861 – 1864: 1st Lt. United States Army, 5th Artillery
1861: Wounded at the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
1861: Brevetted Major for Gallantry, at First Battle of Bull Run
1861 – 1862: Served in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.
1862: Served in the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia
1862: Served in the Battle of Gaines Mill, Virginia
1862: Served in the Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia
1862: Brevetted Lt. Colonel for Gallantry at Battle of Malvern Hill
1862 – 1863: Colonel of 20th Maine Infantry Regiment
1862: Engaged at the Battle of Antietam, Maryland
1862: Served in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863: Acting Aide to Major General Meade Battle of Chancellorsville
1863 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers
1863: Served in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1863: Brevetted Colonel for Gallantry at Battle of Gettysburg
1863 – 1864: Served in Union Army Department of the South
1864: Served in the 18th Army Corps before Petersburg, Virginia
1864: Served in the fighting at Port Walthall Junction
1864: Served in the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia
1864 – 1866: Captain, United States Army, 5th Artillery
1864: Division Commander in 10th Army Corps
1864: Served in the fighting at Darbytown Road
1864 – 1865: Division Commander in 24th Army Corps
1864: Served in the first expedition to Fort Fisher, North Carolina
1865: Served in the Second expedition to Fort Fisher, North Carolina
1865: Served in the capture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina
1865: Brevetted Major General, for Gallantry, Fort Fisher,
North Carolina
1865: Brevetted Brig. General, U.S. Army, for Gallantry, Fort Fisher
1865: Brevetted Major General, for his service in the War
1865: Division Commander in 10th Army Corps
1865: Commander of Union Army, 10th Army Corps
1865 – 1866: Union Army Commander, District of W. South Carolina
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on April 30th
Occupation after War:
1864 – 1866: Captain United States Army, 5th Artillery
1866 – 1870: Lt. Colonel United States Army, 24th Infantry
1866 – 1867: Leave of Absence from United States Army
1867: Went in before a U.S. Army Examining Board
1868: Acting Assistant Inspector General, Fourth Military District
1868: United States Army Commander in Vicksburg, Mississippi
1868 – 1869: Provisional Governor for Mississippi
1870: United States Commander of Fourth Military District
1870: Resigned from United States Army on February 23rd
1870 – 1873: United States Senator from Mississippi
1872: Staying in a hotel that caught fire, and had to tie sheets together to escape
1874 – 1876: Governor of Mississippi
1876 – 1898: Merchant and Manufacturer in Lowell, Massachusetts
1894: Recipient of the Medal of Honor for his role at First Battle of Bull Run
1898 – 1899: Brigadier General, United States Army, Volunteers
1898: Brigade Commander at Siege of Santiago de Cuba
1898: Brigade Commander at Montauk, New York
1899: Honorably Discharged from United States Army, on January 3rd
Manufacturer in Lowell, Massachusetts
1933: Adelbert Ames was the last remaining full-rank General Officer of the War, North or South.
Died: April 13, 1933
Place of Death: Ormond Beach, Florida
Cause of Death: Septicemia, infection of the foot, senile exhaustion
Age at time of Death: 97 years old
Burial Place: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts
Medal of Honor Citation | The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant (Field Artillery) Adelbert Ames, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on July 21, 1861, while serving with 5th U.S. Artillery, in action at Bull Run, Virginia. First Lieutenant Ames remained upon the field in command of a section of Griffin's Battery, directing its fire after being severely wounded and refusing to leave the field until too weak to sit upon the caisson where he had been placed by men of his command. |
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