Jacob Ammen
Born: January 7, 1806
Birthplace: Fincastle, Virginia
Father: David Ammen 1775 – 1846
(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)
Mother: Sarah Houtz 1782 – 1852
(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)
Wife: Martha Ann Beasley 1817 – 1887
(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)
Wife: Caroline F.______ 1816 – 1889
(Buried: Old Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Vermont)
Children:
William P. Ammen 1835 – 1916
(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)
Sarah Metcalf Ammen Sears 1845 – 1891
(Buried: Old Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Vermont)
Henry A. Ammen 1847 – 1917
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Macon, Missouri)
Education:
1831: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (12th in class)
Occupation before War:
1831: Brevet 2nd Lt., United States Army 1st Artillery
1831 – 1836: 2nd Lt., United States Army 1st Artillery
1831 – 1832: Assistant Math Professor at West Point
1832: Assistant Infantry Tactics Instructor at West Point
1832 – 1833: Garrison Duty in Charleston, South Carolina
1833 – 1834: Garrison Duty at Fort Trumbull, Connecticut
1834 – 1836: Assistant Math Professor at West Point
1836 – 1837: Principal Assistant Philosophy Professor West Point
1836 – 1837: 1st Lt., United States Army 1st Artillery
1837: Resigned from United States Army on November 30th
1837 – 1839: Math Professor at Baron College
1839 – 1840: Math Professor at Jefferson College
1840 – 1843: Math Professor at University of Indiana
1843 – 1848: Math Professor at Jefferson College
1848 – 1855: Astronomy & Math Professor Georgetown College
1855 – 1861: Civil Engineer for Ripley, Ohio
Civil War Career:
1861: Captain in 12th Ohio Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1861: Organizer of Ohio Volunteers
1861: Lt. Colonel of 12th Ohio Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1861: Served in Western Virginia
1861: Served in the Battle of Cheat Mountain, Western Virginia
1861: Served in the Battle of Greenbrier River, Western Virginia
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 12th Ohio Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1862: Served in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
1862: Served in the Siege of Corinth, Mississippi
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers Infantry
1862 – 1863: Commander of Camp Denison and Camp Douglas
1863: Commander of Union Army District of Illinois
1864: Commander of Districts of Middle Tennessee and Kentucky
1864: On Court martial in Cincinnati, Ohio
1864 – 1865: Commander of District of Eastern Tennessee
1864: His men blocked Virginia and Tennessee Railroad at Bull’s Gap
1865: Resigned as Brigadier General on January 14th
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1869: Civil Engineer in Ohio
1869 – 1872: Surveyor and Engineer Hamilton County, Ohio
Farmer in Prince Georges County, Maryland
1874: Worked with U.S. Navy Dept. examining routes to Panama
1875: Member of Board of Visitors at West Point
1891 – 1894: Lived in Lockland, Ohio
Died: February 6, 1894
Place of Death: Lockland, Ohio
Cause of Death: Paralysis of the heart
Age at time of Death: 87 years old
Burial Place: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
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