Miles Adams was working as a blacksmith when he enlisted in Co.A,3rd Michigan Infantry as a Sergeant on May 13,1861 at Grand Rapids.He was wounded in the right arm at Fair Oaks,Va.on May 31,1862 and was commissioned Second Lieut. of Co.K on July 1,1862.On Feb.20,1863,he resigned on account of disability at Camp Pitcher,Va.He was married to Anna Reed in Muskegon on September 1,1864.
In 1867 when Miles applied for a pension the examining physician noted “His right arm is hopelessly disabled. The fingers of right hand are turned in towards the palm . . . the wrist being partially stiffened. The only use he has of the arm is to bring food to his mouth,” although “aside from appearance sake he would consider himself about as well off if his arm had been amputated.”In 1868,he was elected to a term as City Marshall and later worked for many years as a postal/mail agent in Grand Rapids. Miles Adams was suffering from dementia and living with son Alfred when he wandered outside and eight miles down West Bridge Street in December,1902. He was found asleep in the snow and came down with pneumonia,which he died from on the 17th.

Miles Adams was working as a blacksmith when he enlisted in Co.A,3rd Michigan Infantry as a Sergeant on May 13,1861 at Grand Rapids.He was wounded in the right arm at Fair Oaks,Va.on May 31,1862 and was commissioned Second Lieut. of Co.K on July 1,1862.On Feb.20,1863,he resigned on account of disability at Camp Pitcher,Va.He was married to Anna Reed in Muskegon on September 1,1864.
In 1867 when Miles applied for a pension the examining physician noted “His right arm is hopelessly disabled. The fingers of right hand are turned in towards the palm . . . the wrist being partially stiffened. The only use he has of the arm is to bring food to his mouth,” although “aside from appearance sake he would consider himself about as well off if his arm had been amputated.”In 1868,he was elected to a term as City Marshall and later worked for many years as a postal/mail agent in Grand Rapids. Miles Adams was suffering from dementia and living with son Alfred when he wandered outside and eight miles down West Bridge Street in December,1902. He was found asleep in the snow and came down with pneumonia,which he died from on the 17th.