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August 30th 1886: Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (b. 1836) was dead

Ferris Jacobs, Jr.

Ferris Jacobs Jr. (March 20, 1836 – August 30, 1886) was an American military officer, politician, and lawyer. He served in the Union Army in several roles during the American Civil War, and afterwards spent one term as United States representative from New York.