Charles W. Adams (Confederate general)
Charles W. Adams | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 16, 1817 |
| Died | September 9, 1878 (aged 61) |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | Confederate States of America |
| Branch | Confederate States Army |
| Service years | 1861–1865 |
| Rank | Colonel, CSA Appointed to duty as: Acting Brigadier General |
| Commands | 23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment Adams' Arkansas Infantry Regiment |
| Conflicts | American Civil War * Battle of Prairie Grove * Battle of Missionary Ridge |
| Relations | Helen Keller (granddaughter) |
| Other work | Lawyer |
Charles William Adams (August 16, 1817 – September 9, 1878) was an American Confederate States Army colonel during the American Civil War. In 1864, he was commander of the Confederate Northern Sub-District of Arkansas, within the Union Army lines. He had the title, although not the formal rank, of "acting brigadier general." He was not officially appointed by Confederate President Jefferson Davis and confirmed by the Confederate States Senate to brigadier general grade, even though some sources identify him as a brigadier general.
Adams was a planter, lawyer and judge before the war and a lawyer after the war. As a delegate to the Arkansas secession convention, he was an ardent secessionist. He was a law partner of United States Senator William K. Sebastian before the war and of Confederate brigadier general and Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite of Freemasons Southern Jurisdiction, Albert Pike, after the war. He was the maternal grandfather of Helen Keller.