Union Corporal Jacob Pierpoint, 19th Indiana Vol. Regiment

Identifier:

039207

Collection Number:

A&M 144

Title:

Union Corporal Jacob Pierpoint, 19th Indiana Vol. Regiment

Date:

ca. 1862

Description:

Pierpoint was originally from Morgantown, Virginia (later West Virginia. He was employed in Indiana at the start of the Civil War and enlisted in a Indiana regiment. His parents, also loyal to the Union, were still living in Morgantown. This cased image is probably an ambrotype.

Subjects:

Civil War--Portraits--K-P.

Personal Names:

Pierpont, Jacob.

Corporate Names:

United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 19th (1861-1864)

Geographic:

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Acquisition Source:

Brand, Willa

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

ambrotype

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView