Honorable Adelbert Ames of Miss - Public domain portrait photograph

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).