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Adelbert
Ames
October 31, 1835

–

April 12, 1933

Cemetery:

Hildreth Family Cemetery

Adelbert Ames graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of May, 1861. After the Civil War he served as Governor of Mississippi from 1868 – 70 and as Senator from Mississippi from 1870 to 1874. During the Spanish American War he continued to serve as a General in the U.S. Army. He was the last surviving member of his class and oldest living USMA graduate at the time of his death.

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Field Artillery)

    Division:

    5th U.S. Artillery

    Action Date:

    July 21, 1861
    Date of Issue: June 22, 1894

    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 21 July 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.