Robert Adams II

Robert Adams II (December 24, 1832 – May 12, 1882), son of Robert Adams and Charlotte Belton Pickett, was a cotton planter from Lower Richland County, South Carolina, and Captain in the Army of The Confederate States of America. He served most notably in the mounted infantry unit, The Charleston Light Dragoons. He enlisted on April 10, 1861, two days before the Confederates fired on the Federal troops occupying Fort Sumter, on April 12, 1861, in Charleston, South Carolina. He served in many engagements and was wounded and captured at the Battle of Old Church, Virginia on May 30, 1864 while under the service of Brig. General Matthew C. Butler, in General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.

Robert was the first cousin of Governor James Hopkins Adams of South Carolina, a staunch advocate of limited government and states' rights. He is the great grandfather of Unites States Ambassador Weston Adams (ambassador), and the great-great grandfather of filmmaker Julian Adams, who portrayed him in the feature film "".

External links

* [http://www.thelastconfederate.com The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams]
* [http://www.thinkfilmcompany.com ThinkFilm]
* [http://www.amazon.com/Lower-Richland-planters-families-Carolina/dp/B0006COU3U book reference: Lower Richland Planters by Laura Jervey Hopkins]
* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scccscgs/sources.html Richland County South Carolina]
* [http://www.e-familytree.net/F251/F251221.htm eFamily Tree: Robert Adams II]
* [http://www.e-familytree.net/F251/F251497.htm eFamily Tree: Governor James Hopkins Adams]