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Slemmer, Adam Jacoby
Life span
01/24/1828—10/07/1868
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Life Summary
Full name
Adam Jacoby Slemmer
Place of Birth
Montgomery County, PA
Burial Place
Norristown, PA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
6
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
1
Family
Adam Slemmer (father), Margaretta Slemmer (mother), Caroline Lane Reynolds (wife)
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Democratic
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Events
Date
Event
01/10/1861
In Pensacola Bay, U.S. Army Lieutenant Adam J. Slemmer consolidates his forces in Fort Pickens
01/12/1861
Florida and Alabama militias seize the Pensacola Navy Yard and Fort Barracas
Major Topics
Secession
Images
Adam Jacoby Slemmer
Adam Jacoby Slemmer, detail
Caroline Lane Slemmer, 1861
Thu, 12/23/2010 - 1:22pm — osborne