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Charles W. Adams (Union general)

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Charles W. Adams
Born(1834-05-31)May 31, 1834
Massachusetts
DiedMarch 8, 1909(1909-03-08) (aged 74)
Oakland, California
AllegianceUnited States
Service / branchUnited States Army
Union Army
Years of service1862–1865
Rank Brigadier General
Battles / warsAmerican Civil War

Charles W. Adams was a Union brigadier General who fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He entered the Union Army in 1862 as a Colonel and was given command of the 12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry. He led his unit at the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry where he received a gunshot wound in his arm. He mustered out of Union service in 1865 as a Brigadier general and returned to Lawrence, Kansas.

He died in Oakland, California on March 8, 1909.

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