serviceyears laterwork branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
1861 - 1865 railroad commissioner , park commissioner , author , historian united states army union army 5th regiment massachusetts colored volunteer cavalry washington , d.c. 20 may 1915 boston , massachusetts united states of america union 1st massachusetts volunteer cavalry regiment place of burial american civil war 27 may 1835 mount wollaston cemetery , quincy , massachusetts 35px colonel 35px brevet brigadier general charles francis adams , jr. . jpg charles francis adams , jr. .
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charles francis adams , jr. .

charles francis adams , jr. -lrb- may 27 , 1835 -- may 20 , 1915 -rrb- was a member of the prominent adams family , and son of charles francis adams , sr. .
he served as a colonel in the union army during the american civil war .
after the war , he was a railroad regulator and executive , an author of historical works , and a member of the massachusetts park commission .
