AMES, ADELBERT, brev. maj.-gen. U.S.A., b. Me., 1835. W. Pt., 1861. 1st lieut. 5th Art. May 14, 1861; brev. maj. July 21, 1861, for Bull Run; brev. lieut.-col. for Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862; col. 20th Me. Vols. Aug. 29, 1862; brig.-gen. U.S. Vols. May 20, 1863, for Chancellorsville; brev. col. July 1, 1863, for Gettysburg; com. div. or brigade 18th Corps in the operations before Petersburg, and engaged at Port Walthall Junction, May 7, and Cold Harbor, June I, 1864; capt. 5th Art. June 11, 1864; com. div. 10th Corps, Oct. 10 to Dec. 2, 1864, in actions of Darbytown, Oct. 13 and 27; com. div. 24th Corps in assault and capture of Fort Fisher, and in operations in N.C. Jan.-Apr. 1865, for which brev. maj.-gen. vols, and brig.-gen. U.S.A.; com. div. 10th Corps Apr.-May, 1865; lieut.-col. 24th Inf. July 28, 1866. U.S. senator from Mpi. 1871; prov. gov. Mpi. June, 1868-9.
SOURCE: Francis S. Drake, Dictionary of American Biography, p. 24
