Adam J. Slemmer
| Adam Jacoby Slemmer | |
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Adam J. Slemmer from an article in Harper's Weekly
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| Born |
January 24, 1828 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
| Died | October 7, 1868 (aged 40) Fort Laramie, Wyoming |
| Place of burial | Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, Pennsylvania |
| Allegiance |
United States of America Union |
| Service/branch |
United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1850-1868 |
| Rank |
 Brigadier General
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| Battles/wars |
American Civil War Indian Wars |
Adam Jacoby Slemmer (January 24, 1828 – October 7, 1868) was an officer in the United States Army during the Seminole Wars and the American Civil War, as well as in the Old West.
Slemmer was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and raised in Norristown. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1850, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He married Caroline Lane Reynolds in 1856. Their only child, a son died young.
He served against the Seminoles in Florida, and then was stationed in garrisons 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 the Fort Pickens position in the same harbor. He held this fort against Confederate threat of attack and demands for surrender from Florida militia Colonel William Henry Chase, who had designed and constructed the fort as a captain in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, until reinforced and relieved in April 1861. Fort Pickens remained under Federal control for the duration of the war.
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