James S. Adams (1840 - 1862)

Born 1840 in Tennessee, United States

Died 23 Aug 1862 at about age 22 in Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States

Biography

Private Jimmie Adams served in the United States Civil War.
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Co. B, 15th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Johnson's)

Died of illness ten days before boarding a steamboat for Vicksburg to be exchanged during the Civil War. The only other record of his death is a listing on a log of prisoners to be exchanged at the Alton Military Prison. His name had been "cancelled."^[1] Later that year his wife, Louisa K (Roberson) Adams filed a claim with the Confederate Government for his death. There is no record of payment of this claim. James' and Louisa's daughter, Jimmie J., was born in Ouachita County, Arkansas, three weeks before James died.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-Y6N5 : 16 March 2018), Jas S Adams, 23 Aug 1862; citing Death, Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States, p. 1, NARA microfilm publication M918 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 1,024,456.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9926257/james-s-adams : accessed 17 October 2021), memorial page for PVT James S. “Jimmie” Adams (1840–23 Aug 1862), Find A Grave: Memorial #9926257, citing Confederate Cemetery, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Susan Moors (contributor 47987781) .