• Ames, Adelbert
  Me. Me.
  Cadet Military Academy 1 July 1856 (5)
  2 Lieutenant 2 artillery 6 May 1861
  1 Lieutenant 5 artillery 14 May 1861
  Colonel 20 Me infantry 20 Aug 1862
  Brigadier General volunteers 20 May 1863
  honorably mustered out of volunteers service 30 Apr 1866
  Captain 5 artillery 11 June 1864
  Lieutenant Colonel 24 infantry 28 July 1866
  unassigned 15 Mar 1869
  Brevet Major 21 July 1861 for gallantry and meritorious service in the battle of Bull Run Va
  Lieutenant Colonel 1 July 1862 for gallantry and meritorious service in the battle of Malvern Hill Va
  Colonel 1 July 1863 for gallantry and meritorious in the battle of Gettysburg Pa
  Brigadier General 13 Mar 1865 for gallantry and meritorious at the capture of Ft Fisher NC
  Major General 13 Mar 1865 for gallantry and meritorious service in the field during the war
  and Major General volunteers 15 Jan 1865 for gallant service in the capture of Ft Fisher NC
  resigned 23 Feb 1870
  awarded medal of honor 1 Sept 1893 for remaining upon the field at Bull Run Va 21 July 1861 in command of section of Griffin's battery directing its fire after being severely wounded and refusing to leave the field (until too weak to sit upon the caisson where he had been placed by the men of his command
  Brigadier General volunteers 20 June 1898
  honorably discharged 3 Jan 1899

• Ames, Almon S.
  Ind. Ind.
  Chaplain 11 Ind infantry 21 June 1864
  hospital chaplain volunteers 24 Feb 1865
  honorably mustered out 21 Aug 1865

• Ames, Azel
  Mass. Mass.
  Hospital steward 15 Oct 1862
  1 Lieutenant 96 US colored infantry 13 Mar 1863
  resigned 10 Nov 1863
  Major Surgeon volunteers 4 Mar 1899
  honorably discharged 30 June 1899

• Ames, Butler
  Mass. Mass.
  Cadet Military Academy 15 June 1889 (25)
  2 Lieutenant 11 infantry 12 June 1894
  resigned 30 Sept 1894
  1 Lieutenant and adjutant 6 Mass vols 14 May 1898
  Lieutenant Colonel 9 Aug 1898
  honorably mustered out 21 Jan 1899

• Ames, Edward Raymond
  Ind. Ind.
  Corporal B 11 Ind infantry 22 Apr 1861
  honorably mustered out 4 Aug 1861
  2 Lieutenant 7 infantry 6 Mar 1862
  1 Lieutenant 28 Aug 1863
  Captain 7 Oct 1864
  unassigned 19 May 1869
  assigned to 6 infantry 1 Jan 1871
  resigned 31 Oct 1876
  2 Lieutenant 6 infantry 1 Mar 1877
  resigned 20 Apr 1877
  [died 24 Sept 1882]

• Ames, Elwin Witt
  Minn. Ill.
  1 Lieutenant Assistant Surgeon 5 Ill infantry 25 Apr 1898
  honorably mustered out 16 Oct 1898
  Captain Assistant Surgeon volunteers 11 Mar 1901
  honorably discharged 31 Dec 1902

• Ames, Franklin
  Mass. Mass.
  additional paymaster volunteers 28 May 1864
  honorably mustered out 30 Apr 1866

• Ames, George Leonard
  Mass. Mass.
  assistant commisary of subsistence volunteers 26 Nov 1862
  Brevet Major volunteers 13 Mar 1865 for meritorious service in his department during the war
  Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel volunteers 30 Mar 1865 for faithful and meritorious service in the subsistence department during the war
  honorably mustered out 30 Mar 1866

• Ames, John Worthington
  Mass. Mass.
  1 Lieutenant 16 infantry 14 May 1861
  transferred to 11 infantry 23 July 1861
  Captain 11 infantry 14 May 1861
  Colonel 6 US colored infantry 28 Sept 1863
  honorably mustered out of volunteer service 20 Sept 1865
  Brevet Major 27 June 1862 for gallantry and meritorious service in the battle of Gaines Mill Va
  Lieutenant Colonel 13 Mar 1865 for gallantry and meritorious service in the battle of Gettysburg Pa and
  Brigadier General volunteers 15 Jan 1865
  resigned 4 Oct 1866
  [died 6 Apr 1878]

• Ames, Luther Stearns
  N Y. Ill.
  Private A and quartermaster Sergeant and Sergeant Major 64 Ill infantry 25 Sept 1861 to 9 Dec 1863
  1 Lieutenant 64 Ill infantry 10 Dec 1863
  Captain 17 Sept 1864
  honorably mustered out 11 July 1865
  2 Lieutenant 16 infantry 11 May 1866
  transferred to 2 infantry 17 Apr 1869
  1 Lieutenant 18 Mar 1872
  Captain 27 Feb 1887
  retired 26 July 1893.

• Ames, Robert Fisher
  R I. N Y.
  Cadet Military Academy 1 Sept to 23 Dec 1874
  2 Lieutenant 8 infantry 1 Sept 1879
  1 Lieutenant 20 May 1886
  regimental quartermaster 9 Mar 1889 to 30 June 1891
  Captain 10 Mar 1896
  Major 16 infantry 11 July 1901

• Ames, Roger Post
  La. La.
  Captain Assistant Surgeon volunteers 18 Apr 1901
  Major Surgeon volunteers 6 Jan 1902
  honorably discharged 1 Feb 1903

• Ames, Thales Lucius
  Wis. Wis.
  Cadet Military Academy 17 June 1891 (11)
  2 Lieutenant 3 artillery 12 June 1895
  1 Lieutenant ordinance 21 Nov 1898

• Ames, William
  R I. R I.
  2 Lieutenant 2 RI infantry 5 June 1861
  1 Lieutenant 25 Oct 1861
  Captain 24 July 1862
  Major 3 RI artillery 10 Feb 1863
  Lieutenant Colonel Apr 1864
  Brevet Brigadier General volunteers 13 Mar 1865 for meritorious service during the war
  honorably mustered out 27 Aug 1865

Source:

Extracted from the Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army: 1789 - 1903. Names are followed by state or country where born and then the state from which originally appointed but when there is only one place listed, it indicates the state whence appointed, the place of birth not being known. Where "Cadet Military Academy" is indicated, the next date refers to the date he entered that institution, and the figure in parenthesis represents his standing in the graduating class.

Some additional excellent resources for your research are:

• U.S. Military Records on Ancestry.com

• Maryland and Delaware Revolutionary Patriots, 1775-1783 Military Records

  New York in the Revolution and War of 1812

• Military Records off the Beaten Path

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