[Captain Augustus Jones, Third Regiment, Missouri Volunteers] | A Continent Divided: The U.S. Mexico War

A sixth-plate daguerreotype "taken at Potosi, Missouri, July 1847" has an accompanying note identifying the sitter as Augustus Jones, Third Regiment, Missouri Volunteers. This regiment never left for Mexico, as the war ended before they were to head south.
Gift of the Summerlee Foundation, Dallas, Texas

Topics:

U.S. Support for the War, Troop Movements and Logistics (West), U.S. Military Preparation, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Date: 1847 1848

Format: biographies

Publisher and Date Published: 1847-07-00

Creator:

unknown

Physical Characteristics: Daguerreotype

Collection: Gift from the Summerlee Foundation, Dallas, Texas