Civil War Union soldier; Company E, 1st Minnesota Infantry. Before the war, he and his younger brother, George M. Adams, were living near the Platt River in Morrison County. He was 21 years of age when he enlisted and was mustered into service on May 23, 1861.
On August 7, 1862, he was ill with typhoid fever and was admitted to the U. S. Army General Hospital at Broad & Cherry Streets in Philadelphia. He returned to duty on Nov. 6, 1862. He served until May 1, 1864, when he was admitted to the Post Hospital at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He was mustered out with his regiment on May 3, 1864; however, by the time he was released from the hospital on June 13, 1864, everyone had been mustered out and most men were already returning to their homes. He died just four months later. It is unknown whether he had been wounded or died from disease.
Four of his brothers also served in the Civil War. Two of his brothers, George and David, are also buried in Riverside Cemetery at Royalton.
Sources:
Biography courtesy of Wayne Jorgenson.
Card Records of Headstones Provided fro Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca. 1879-ca. 1903; National Archives Microfilm Publication M1845; National Archives, Washington, D.C., 1996.
Military Medical Record, Daniel Adams, National Archives, Wash. D. C. Courtesy of Wayne Jorgenson.
On August 7, 1862, he was ill with typhoid fever and was admitted to the U. S. Army General Hospital at Broad & Cherry Streets in Philadelphia. He returned to duty on Nov. 6, 1862. He served until May 1, 1864, when he was admitted to the Post Hospital at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He was mustered out with his regiment on May 3, 1864; however, by the time he was released from the hospital on June 13, 1864, everyone had been mustered out and most men were already returning to their homes. He died just four months later. It is unknown whether he had been wounded or died from disease.
Four of his brothers also served in the Civil War. Two of his brothers, George and David, are also buried in Riverside Cemetery at Royalton.
Sources:
Biography courtesy of Wayne Jorgenson.
Card Records of Headstones Provided fro Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca. 1879-ca. 1903; National Archives Microfilm Publication M1845; National Archives, Washington, D.C., 1996.
Military Medical Record, Daniel Adams, National Archives, Wash. D. C. Courtesy of Wayne Jorgenson.
Civil War Union soldier; Company E, 1st Minnesota Infantry. Before the war, he and his younger brother, George M. Adams, were living near the Platt River in Morrison County. He was 21 years of age when he enlisted and was mustered into service on May 23, 1861.
On August 7, 1862, he was ill with typhoid fever and was admitted to the U. S. Army General Hospital at Broad & Cherry Streets in Philadelphia. He returned to duty on Nov. 6, 1862. He served until May 1, 1864, when he was admitted to the Post Hospital at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He was mustered out with his regiment on May 3, 1864; however, by the time he was released from the hospital on June 13, 1864, everyone had been mustered out and most men were already returning to their homes. He died just four months later. It is unknown whether he had been wounded or died from disease.
Four of his brothers also served in the Civil War. Two of his brothers, George and David, are also buried in Riverside Cemetery at Royalton.
Sources:
Biography courtesy of Wayne Jorgenson.
Card Records of Headstones Provided fro Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca. 1879-ca. 1903; National Archives Microfilm Publication M1845; National Archives, Washington, D.C., 1996.
Military Medical Record, Daniel Adams, National Archives, Wash. D. C. Courtesy of Wayne Jorgenson.
On August 7, 1862, he was ill with typhoid fever and was admitted to the U. S. Army General Hospital at Broad & Cherry Streets in Philadelphia. He returned to duty on Nov. 6, 1862. He served until May 1, 1864, when he was admitted to the Post Hospital at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He was mustered out with his regiment on May 3, 1864; however, by the time he was released from the hospital on June 13, 1864, everyone had been mustered out and most men were already returning to their homes. He died just four months later. It is unknown whether he had been wounded or died from disease.
Four of his brothers also served in the Civil War. Two of his brothers, George and David, are also buried in Riverside Cemetery at Royalton.
Sources:
Biography courtesy of Wayne Jorgenson.
Card Records of Headstones Provided fro Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca. 1879-ca. 1903; National Archives Microfilm Publication M1845; National Archives, Washington, D.C., 1996.
Military Medical Record, Daniel Adams, National Archives, Wash. D. C. Courtesy of Wayne Jorgenson.
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