Enlistment Date: 24 Apr 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Death Date: 12 Nov 1891
Sources: 17,33
According to Wikipedia
Donn Piatt was an American journalist, military officer, and public official. Born in Cincinnati, Piatt attended schools in Ohio and began contributing to newspapers as a young man. He started his career as a lawyer and was briefly a judge in the early 1850s. He represented the United States as a diplomat in Paris for about a year starting in 1854.
Piatt served as an officer in the Union Army in the American Civil War from 1861 to 1864. After the war, he held a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives for a single term. He then moved east—first to New York, then to Washington, D.C. He began a journalism career in Washington, founding a newspaper The Capital and contributing to others.
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Death Date: 12 Nov 1891
Sources: 17,33
According to Wikipedia
Donn Piatt was an American journalist, military officer, and public official. Born in Cincinnati, Piatt attended schools in Ohio and began contributing to newspapers as a young man. He started his career as a lawyer and was briefly a judge in the early 1850s. He represented the United States as a diplomat in Paris for about a year starting in 1854.
Piatt served as an officer in the Union Army in the American Civil War from 1861 to 1864. After the war, he held a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives for a single term. He then moved east—first to New York, then to Washington, D.C. He began a journalism career in Washington, founding a newspaper The Capital and contributing to others.
Enlistment Date: 24 Apr 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Death Date: 12 Nov 1891
Sources: 17,33
According to Wikipedia
Donn Piatt was an American journalist, military officer, and public official. Born in Cincinnati, Piatt attended schools in Ohio and began contributing to newspapers as a young man. He started his career as a lawyer and was briefly a judge in the early 1850s. He represented the United States as a diplomat in Paris for about a year starting in 1854.
Piatt served as an officer in the Union Army in the American Civil War from 1861 to 1864. After the war, he held a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives for a single term. He then moved east—first to New York, then to Washington, D.C. He began a journalism career in Washington, founding a newspaper The Capital and contributing to others.
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Death Date: 12 Nov 1891
Sources: 17,33
According to Wikipedia
Donn Piatt was an American journalist, military officer, and public official. Born in Cincinnati, Piatt attended schools in Ohio and began contributing to newspapers as a young man. He started his career as a lawyer and was briefly a judge in the early 1850s. He represented the United States as a diplomat in Paris for about a year starting in 1854.
Piatt served as an officer in the Union Army in the American Civil War from 1861 to 1864. After the war, he held a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives for a single term. He then moved east—first to New York, then to Washington, D.C. He began a journalism career in Washington, founding a newspaper The Capital and contributing to others.
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DESCRIPTION: From the Library of Congress Photo Collection this portrait of Col. Donn Piatt is titled... : ATTACHED TO: Donn Piatt (1819-1891)
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