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Home Town Harveytown, West Virginia
Last Address Harveytown, West Virginia
Date of Passing Mar 12, 1922
Location of Interment Oaklawn Memorial Park - Barboursville, West Virginia
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served during the Civil War as a Private in Company D, 1st West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, enlisting at age 17 on September 12, 1861. He was awarded the CMOH for capturing the State flag of the 14th Virginia (CSA) Cavalry at Nineveh, Virginia, on November 12 1864. He himself was captured during the war, and spent some time as a prisoner of the Confederates. His Medal was awarded to him on November 26, 1864, and he was honorably mustered out of service on July 25, 1865. Private Adams has the distinction of being the first alphabetically in the official list of Civil War Medal of Honor recipients. He was one of fourteen 1st West Virginia Cavalry soldiers to be awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery during the Civil War.
