- Adam J. Slemmer
Infobox Military Person
name=Adam Jacoby Slemmer
born= birth date|1828|1|24
died= death date and age|1868|10|7|1828|1|24
caption=Adam J. Slemmer from an article in "Harper's Weekly "
placeofbirth=Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
placeofdeath=Fort Laramie, Wyoming
placeofburial=Montgomery Cemetery, nearNorristown, Pennsylvania
allegiance=flagicon|United States United States of America
branch=United States Army
serviceyears=1850-1868
rank= Brigadier General
unit=
battles=American Civil War Indian Wars Adam Jacoby Slemmer (January 24, 1828 – October 7, 1868) was an officer in the
United States Army during theSeminole Wars and theAmerican Civil War , as well as in theOld West .Biography
Slemmer was born in
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania , and raised in Norristown. He graduated from theUnited States Military Academy atWest Point, New York , in 1850, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He served against theSeminole s inFlorida , and then was stationed ingarrison s along the Pacific. From 1855 to 1859, he taught at West Point.In January 1861, he was in command of a body of troops at
Fort Barrancas , Pensacola Harbor, Fla. On January 10, after the surrender of the Pensacola Navy Yard, he transferred his force to theFort Pickens position in the same harbor. He held this fort against Confederate attack until reinforced. Fort Pickens remained under Federal control for the duration of the war.Promoted to major, he was attached to General Buell's command and took part in the Corinth campaign and the relief of Nashville. He became brigadier general of volunteers on November 29, 1862, and participated in the
Battle of Stones River in December, receiving a wound that incapacitated him for the rest of the war. He served in administrative posts in Ohio and New York.In 1865, Slemmer was brevetted colonel and brigadier general in the
Regular Army for meritorious conduct, and was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the4th U.S. Infantry . He died while in command of Fort Laramie from lingering effects oftyphoid fever that he had contracted during the Civil War. Slemmer was buried in Montgomery Cemetery, located near Norristown, Pennsylvania, on October 21, 1868. [Gambone, A. M.: "The Life of Adam Jacoby Slemmer", page 165-166. Butternut & Blue, 2005]ee also
*List of Amerian Civil War generals
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NAME= Slemmer, Adam J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Union Army general
DATE OF BIRTH= January 24, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH=Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH= October 7, 1868
PLACE OF DEATH= Fort Laramie, Wyoming
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