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Honorable Adelbert Ames of Miss - Public domain portrait photograph

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Title from unverified information on negative sleeve.

Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Sen. Ames.

General in U.S. Army; Gov. Mississippi 187 - 1874; Born in Rockland, Me 1835; West Point 1861, Orig Gen. Vols. 1863, honored for service at Bull Run, Malverne Hill, Gettysburg, Fort Fisher; Made Maj. Gen. of Vol, Resigned in 1870; awarded Medal of Honor, Apointed Provisional Gov. of Miss. 1868; U.S. Senator 4 yrs and requested to become Gov. of Miss. ; Made Gen of Vol. In Spanish Am. War.

Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954.

General information about the Brady-Handy photograph collection is available at loc.gov

Forms part of: Brady-Handy photograph collection (Library of Congress).

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01/01/1860
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "Brady-Handy photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/389_bhan.html

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