Brigadier General William Jackson Palmer

Item

Type - photograph or illustration
Photograph
Title - caption or label given by the creator
Brigadier General William Jackson Palmer
Creator - photographer or artist
Unknown
Date Created
Unknown
Abstract - summary of image contents
A bust portrait photograph of Union Colonel
William Jackson Palmer
Subject - ex: soldier(s) in uniform, landscape, city street, interior scene, etc.
Bust portrait photograph of soldier
Format - ex: ambrotype, glass plate negative, copy print, etc.
Photographic print
Rights - a statement of any use restrictions or ownership
This item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States because copyright has expired, but we have not determined its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. You are responsible for your own use.
Source - owner or repository of original or digital image
Library of Congress
Library of Congress
Description - notes, provenance, or other information about the image
Colonel William Jackson Palmer
(1836 - 1909)
Home State: Pennsylvania
Command Billet: Commanding Regiment
Branch of Service: Cavalry
Unit: 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachment)
On the Campaign-At the outset of what became the Maryland Campaign, about 250 men of this Regiment were ordered to Greencastle, PA to help defend the borders of the State, and they saw skirmishing action there. As the Confederates were arriving at South Mountain, a detachment of these were ordered to the vicinity of Hagerstown.
Antietam on the Web
Item sets
Pennsylvania
Images

Position: 131 (6 views)