General William Wirt Adams, C.S.A.

(Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.). Commissioned as a colonel after organizing the 1st Mississippi Cavalry in June 1861. Promoted to brigadier general in September 1863. Major campaigns and battles include the Kentucky campaign, Shiloh, Corinth, and Vicksburg. After the war, Adams re...

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Published:	Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:	Alabama Photographs and Pictures
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spellingShingle	Alabama Photographs and Pictures General William Wirt Adams, C.S.A.
fulltopic	Alabama Photographs and Pictures Adams, William Wirt, 1819-1888; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Mississippi; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
description	(Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.). Commissioned as a colonel after organizing the 1st Mississippi Cavalry in June 1861. Promoted to brigadier general in September 1863. Major campaigns and battles include the Kentucky campaign, Shiloh, Corinth, and Vicksburg. After the war, Adams returned to Vicksburg, Mississippi. Killed in a duel in Jackson, Mississippi, in May 1888; he is buried in Jackson. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 5. National Historical Society, 1991.
spelling	Q0000000102Q102General William Wirt Adams, C.S.A.(Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.). Commissioned as a colonel after organizing the 1st Mississippi Cavalry in June 1861. Promoted to brigadier general in September 1863. Major campaigns and battles include the Kentucky campaign, Shiloh, Corinth, and Vicksburg. After the war, Adams returned to Vicksburg, Mississippi. Killed in a duel in Jackson, Mississippi, in May 1888; he is buried in Jackson. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 5. National Historical Society, 1991.1864 circa1860-1869Adams, William Wirt, 1819-1888; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Mississippi; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Still imagePhotographs; Studio portraits; Cartes-de-visiteYoung, Dr. Richard C.Dr. Richard C. Young Confederate officers photograph albumLPP4, #086v5914Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFLPP00151http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/6386
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General William Wirt Adams, C.S.A.

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