Jacob Ammen
| Jacob Ammen | |
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Jacob Ammen
photo taken between 1861 and 1865 |
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| Born |
January 7, 1806 Fincastle, Virginia |
| Died | February 6, 1894 (aged 87) Lockland, Ohio |
| Place of burial | Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Allegiance |
United States of America Union |
| Service/branch |
United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1831–1837, 1861–1865 |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Commands held | 4th Division, XXIII Corps Camp Douglas |
| Battles/wars | |
| Relations | Daniel Ammen |
| Other work | College professor, civil engineer |
Jacob Ammen (January 7, 1806 – February 6, 1894) was a college professor, civil engineer, and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. His younger brother, Daniel Ammen, was an admiral in the United States Navy.
Ammen was born in Fincastle, Virginia, but at a young age, his parents moved to Georgetown, Ohio, where Ammen attended school. He was an 1831 honors graduate of the United States Military Academy, where he was an assistant professor for two terms, in addition to his duties as a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery. He also served as a drill instructor and captain in the Georgetown militia. He was stationed in Charleston Harbor during the Nullification Crisis.
Resigning from the Army in 1837, Ammen taught mathematics at colleges in Kentucky and Missouri. From 1840 through 1843, he served as Chair of the Mathematics Department at Indiana University. He later taught again in Kentucky and Missouri, before moving in November 1855 to Ripley, Ohio, to work as a civil engineer.
Within a week after the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Ammen rejoined the Federal army, serving as a captain in the newly raised 12th Ohio Infantry. He was soon commissioned as colonel of the 24th Ohio Infantry. After training at Camp Chase, Ammen's regiment was sent in late July to serve in western Virginia, seeing their first combat at the Battle of Cheat Mountain.
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