Adjutant General Francis P. Peirpoint

Francis Perry Peirpoint was born in Fairmont

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

Other events that happened on or around August 07, 1862

Francis Peirpoint was promoted to major

Francis Peirpoint became West Virginia's first adjutant general

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

Francis Peirpoint resigned as the state’s adjutant general

Francis Peirpoint died in New Orleans