Adelbert Ames (October 31, 1835 – April 12, 1933) was an American sailor, soldier, and politician. He served with distinction as a Union Army general during the American Civil War, was a politician in Reconstruction-era Mississippi, and then served as a United States Army general during the Spanish-American War.
Ames is also noted as the last general officer of the American Civil War to die, passing away at age 97 in 1933.
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Adelbert Ames (October 31, 1835 – April 12, 1933) was an American sailor, soldier, and politician. He served with distinction as a Union Army general during the American Civil War, was a politician in Reconstruction-era Mississippi, and then served as a United States Army general during the Spanish-American War.
Ames is also noted as the last general officer of the American Civil War to die, passing away at age 97 in 1933.
Adelbert (pronounced /əˈdɛlbərt/ ə-DEL-bərt) Ames was born in 1835 in the town of Rockland, located in Knox County, Maine. He was the son of a sea captain named Jesse Ames. Adelbert Ames also grew up to be a sailor, becoming a mate on a clipper ship, and also served briefly as a merchant seaman on his own father's ship.
On July 1, 1856, he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, and was still there when the American Civil War began in 1861.
Ames graduated from the United States Military Academy on May 6, 1861, standing fifth in his class of 45. On...
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