page_title: List of Union Army officers educated at the United States Military Academy
section_title: Union Army officers
hierarchical_section_title: List of Union Army officers educated at the United States Military Academy / Union Army officers
caption_attribution_description: English: Hon. Adelbert Ames of Miss. (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.&#160;; Made Gen of Vol. In Spanish Am. War.
context_page_description: The United States Military Academy is an undergraduate college in West Point, New York that educates and commissions officers for the United States Army during the American Civil War. This list is drawn from alumni of the Military Academy who served as general officers in the Union Army. This includes William Tecumseh Sherman, Abner Doubleday, Ulysses S. Grant, George Crook, Philip Sheridan. This also includes six recipients of the Medal of Honor: Rufus Saxton, Eugene Asa Carr, John Schofield, Oliver O. Howard, Alexander S. Webb, and Adelbert Ames.
caption: Adelbert Ames (1861)
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