Civil War
With the secession of Louisiana following the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln, Adams was appointed in early 1861 as a member of the military board created to prepare the state for war. He was later appointed a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army, advancing to the rank of brigadier general in 1862. He commanded the 1st Louisiana Regulars and fought in multiple major battles, principally the battles of Shiloh, Perryville, Stones River, and Chickamauga. He was wounded several times, losing his right eye at Shiloh, and was captured at Chickamauga.
He commanded a cavalry brigade, and was subsequently made the commander of the District of Central Alabama in 1864, and the commander of the State of Alabama, North of Gulf Department in 1865. He took part in the Battle of Selma in 1865, and the battle of Columbus, Georgia, that same year.
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