CDV PHOTO OF ADELBERT AMES

CDV PHOTO OF ADELBERT AMES

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This carte de visite (CDV) photograph is a bust view of Adelbert Ames in uniform. Image is clear with good contrast. Image is on a plain mount with no photographer’s backmark. The mount was closely trimmed on all four sides. There is a printed Brady, New York backmark.

Adelbert Ames (October 31, 1835 – April 13, 1933) was an American sailor, soldier, businessman and politician who served with distinction as a Union Army general during the Civil War. A Radical Republican, he was a military governor, U.S. 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 a second lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Artillery. Eight days later, he was promoted to first lieutenant and was assigned to the 5th U.S. Artillery. During the Battle of First Bull Run, Ames was seriously wounded in the right thigh but refused to leave his guns. He was brevetted to the rank of major on July 21 for his actions at Manassas. In 1893, Ames received the Medal of Honor for his performance there. Although Ames was an excellent artillery officer, he returned to Maine and politicked to receive a commission as a regimental infantry commander and was assigned to command the 20th Maine Infantry. The 20th Maine fought in the Maryland Campaign but saw little action at the Battle of Antietam on September 17 while in a reserve capacity. During the Union defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg that winter, Ames led his regiment in one of the last charges on December 13 against Marye's Heights. During the Chancellorsville Campaign in May 1863, Ames volunteered as an aide-de-camp to Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, leaving Colonel Chamberlain to claim his own glory at Gettysburg. Ames died in 1933 at 97 at his winter home in Ormond Beach, Florida. Ames is buried in the Hildreth family cemetery in Lowell, Massachusetts.  [jet]  [PH:L]

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