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Adelbert Ames.

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Adelbert Ames.
Of Maine. Union Maj. Gen. Medal of Honor for Manassas, badly wounded but refusing to leave his guns; hero of Ft. Fisher, fought at Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Antietam, and Gettysburg, fighting hand-to-hand in Jubal Early's assault on Cemetery Hill. Carpetbag Provisional Gov., then Gov., and Sen. of Miss., in his gubernatorial post literally battling Democrats trying to keep Republicans from voting, driving them from the polls with shotguns and cannon. Facing impeachment, Ames was forced to resign, to yield to a Democrat. Moving to Northfield, Minn., the town's bank was targeted by Jesse James and his band of ex-Confederate guerrillas because of the money held there by Ames and his father-in-law, Ben Butler. The last surviving full-rank general officer of either North or South(--Warner), living til 1933. Very fine signature, centered on eggshell white card.