Adelbert Ames
U.S. Congressperson
1835 – 1933
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Who was Adelbert Ames?
Adelbert Ames was an American sailor, soldier, and politician. He served with distinction as a Union Army general during the American Civil War. As a Radical Republican and a Carpetbagger, he was military governor, Senator and civilian governor in Reconstruction-era Mississippi. In 1898 he served as a United States Army general during the Spanish-American War.
Ames was the last substantive general officer of the Civil War to die, dying at age 97 in 1933.
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- Born
- Oct 31, 1835
Rockland - Spouses
- Blanche Butler Ames
(1870/07/21 - 1933/04/12)
- Blanche Butler Ames
- Children
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Episcopal Church
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- Lived in
- Maine
- Died
- Apr 12, 1933
Ormond Beach
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on July 23, 2013
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