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to Henry Jackson Hunt

Declares of courts and commissions organized by Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War 1862-1868, "Couldn't he organize courts & commissions to convict! They would have hung their own innocent mothers." Discussing Senator Charles Sumner, writes "Isn't...

GLC02382.085

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Requests information from Hunt regarding Robert E. Lee's heroic crossing of the pedregal (a lava field) during the Mexican American war. This inquiry is for Emily V. Mason, who is writing a pictorial school book on the life of Lee. Mentions...

GLC02382.086

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Possibly created in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Refers to a pamphlet created by Maynadier (possibly William Maynadier). Expresses regret over an unspecified situation regarding General Alexander Brydie Dyer, chief of ordnance in 1864). Notes that...

GLC02382.094

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Date inferred, based on the fact that Hunt was the military commander of Charleston, South Carolina 1875-1880. McClellan notes that at date this letter was written, Hunt was in Charleston. Mentions delivery of a letter to a person whose name is...

GLC02382.073

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Accuses Hunt of deceit, possibly facetiously. Says he wishes he could have driven up, possibly to visit Hunt, and that Mrs. Lee also wished Hunt could have visited. Gossips about current events, calling Benjamin Franklin Butler a "damned scoundrel"...

GLC02382.095

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Lee indicates that he writes from "The Lodge," the name for his home. Relates that an acquaintance, Clement Hill, informed him that Hunt was visiting town. Discusses the possibility of visiting Hunt, or of Hunt coming to visit him. Quotes Cicero.

GLC02382.093

[Receipt for payment from Henry Jackson Hunt]

Mahon, treasurer of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, certifies that Hunt paid $8 in society dues.

GLC02382.224

[Proposal for organizing the artillery of the Army of the Potomac]

Lists commanding officers for corps and divisions, strength of guns, batteries, and numbers of guns. Hunt notes that this document was presented as a proposition by him to Major General Joseph Hooker, Commander of the Department and Army of the...

GLC02382.227

[List of guns in battery in Petersburg and City Point defences, Virginia]

Cites numerical or other designation of batteries, names of battery commanders, and number of guns and mortars per battery.

GLC02382.230

[Receipt for payment from Henry Jackson Hunt]

Mahon, treasurer of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, certifies that Hunt paid $4 in society dues.

GLC02382.225