| Show LAST CIVIL WAR GENERAL holding the distinction of being the only surviving general of the civil war general adelbert ames recently celebrated his birthday quietly at his home in tewksbury mass he is also one of the few living men who held the rank of generalli gener alln the spanish american war the caider of general ames has been a varied and often stormy one A native of rockland me where he was born on october 31 1835 he was graduated from west point in 1861 at the outbreak of the civil war in which he served with distinction being brevet ted a major general of volunteers for gallantry in action he settled in mississippi after the war and was a united states senator from that state from 1870 until 1873 when he was elected governor his alleged favoritism toward the negroes led to a serious not in vicksburg the legislature impeached him in 1876 but the charges were withdrawn and he resigned later returning to the north he was a brigadier general during the war with spain next to general ames the last civil war general was J warren keifer of ohio former speaker of the national house of representatives who died at his home in springfield ohio on april 22 1932 at the as of 96 |
