★  Ammen, Jacob

Jacob Ammen

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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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I wonder if the statement of being feeble and lacking in physical strength nigh on 30 years before he passed, is accurate? 20 years before his death (1874) he was part of the naval expedition under Selfridge to Panama, no trifling test of endurance. I need to hold that statement made in the newspaper circumspect. Any thoughts?
Lubliner.
 
I wonder if the statement of being feeble and lacking in physical strength nigh on 30 years before he passed, is accurate? 20 years before his death (1874) he was part of the naval expedition under Selfridge to Panama, no trifling test of endurance. I need to hold that statement made in the newspaper circumspect. Any thoughts?
Lubliner.
Don't know. Need more detailed biography. Perhaps Maj. Connelly's opinion of how Gen. Ammen "seemed" 30 years before does not really bear upon the actual state of his strength and "physical power" a decade later.

Besides, that "30 years ago" was in the midst of Ammen's active wartime service, and his physical constitution does not seem to have been a hindrance at that time.
 
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In August 1862 Ammen assumed command of a division that once was commanded by Gen. Bull Nelson.That would probably be the 4th Division, 23rd Corps, Dept. of the Ohio.
 
Ammens was said to be a firm disciplinarian when on duty. "Hang 'em up by the thumbs" was said to be his saying.Yet when off duty he was well respected and called Uncle Jake by his men.
 
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