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Adjutant General Francis P. Peirpoint


Feb 23, 1840

Francis Perry Peirpoint was born in Fairmont

Aug 07, 1862

Francis Peirpoint was commissioned a 1st Lieutenant in the 12th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry

Other events that happened on or around August 07, 1862

Aug 25, 1862

Francis Peirpoint was promoted to major

Jun 16, 1863

Francis Peirpoint became West Virginia's first adjutant general

Aug, 1865

Adjutant General Peirpoint traveled to Kansas to meet with disaffected West Virginia soldiers that had mutinied at the Fort Leavenworth

Sep 10, 1866

Francis Peirpoint resigned as the state’s adjutant general

Jan 07, 1869

Francis Peirpoint died in New Orleans


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