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to Henry Jackson Hunt

Mentions Upton (probably Emory Upton, who published a book on infantry tactics in 1867). Praises and discusses Hunt's artillery tactics, a topic on which Hunt had co-published in 1864. Discusses his European tour, including a meeting in Paris with...

GLC02382.062

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Thanks Hunt for the manuscript of an article he previously enclosed. Praises Hunt's account, and his skill while serving as Chief of Artillery. Says, "When I remember what positions you held under me & what the relative work done was, I am amazed...

GLC02382.067

to George Brinton McClellan

Mentions an article re the Battle of Antietam advertised in the 'North American Review.' Hunt discusses his conspiracy theory involving Stanton, McClellan and the Emancipation Proclamation. "…if you had lost Antietam you would have been shot [a hury...

GLC02382.068

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Laments the death of his friend Randolph. Encourages Hunt to befriend John Alexander Logan in the Senate. Mentions [Lord's?] pamphlet and Slocum (possibly General Henry Warner Slocum). Refers to a letter written by Ulysses S. Grant, which...

GLC02382.078

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

Mentions Emily Virginia Mason's biography of Robert E. Lee, for which Hunt supplied information. Discusses a compromise of Hunt's integrity, apparently regarding fabrications published about Hunt's false involvement with the Ku Klux Klan. States...

GLC02382.089

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Refers to Hunt's contribution to the biography, an account of Lee's passage through the pedregal (a lava rock field) during the Mexican American War. Notes that the book is "short & simple... well done for a female- no bad eloquence. except in the...

GLC02382.092

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

Year inferred from content. Drum, who had served as an assistant adjutant general during the Civil War, discusses a financial matter. Mentions Mrs. Cooper and General C. (possibly General Samuel Cooper and his wife Sarah).

GLC02382.114

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Mentions correspondence between Hunt, Emily Virginia Mason, and Richard Coulter Drum (refer to GLC2382.113 and .114). Thanks Hunt for the exertions he has made, with Mason and Drum (concerning financial matters, pertaining to her husband General...

GLC02382.115

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Discusses a matter before Congress regarding Hunt's retirement. Notes that Nicholls from Georgia, (John Calhoun Nicholls, United States Representative 1879-1880 and 1883-1884) has agreed to vote "to retire Genl Hunt as Major Genl". Further...

GLC02382.121

to Samuel Sullivan Cox

Smith requests that Cox, a Representative from New York, examine a bill that would grant Henry Jackson Hunt the rank of Major General on the retired list. Notes "Gen Hunt is a full blooded democrat, that, perhaps is the leading reason for the...

GLC02382.132

[General orders no. 99 concerning the establishment of an artillery school at Fort Monroe, Virginia]

Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General of the United States Army, details the procedure for the establishment of an artillery school. Includes instructions pertaining to organization, duties of the staff, instruction, examination, and other details....

GLC02382.215

[Account information]

Lists account information from July and August of an unspecified year. Labelled "Before leaving Washington." Notes amounts paid for such purchases as shoes, gloves, paper, ribbon, stationery, and other items. Also lists "Expenses of E. C. H. from...

GLC02382.233

[Copy of memorandum received from General Henry Jackson Hunt]

Signed by Lieutenant Newbatt, ordnance officer. General Hunt, Chief of Artillery for the Army of the Potomac, specifies the amount of ammunition to be kept on hand in the reserve artillery train. Possibly written in Virginia.

GLC02382.171

[Wagons required for the transportation of Brigade Head Quarters, Artillery Park, Army of the Potomac]

Signed by Captain Shaffer, commander of Artillery Park. Possibly created in Virginia.

GLC02382.172

[Field return, artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac]

Created near City Point. Captain Mayo lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies and batteries. At the bottom of the page, lists amounts of reserve ammunition.

GLC02382.173

[Field return, artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac]

State inferred from contents. Possibly created near City Point. Captain Mayo lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies. At the bottom of the page, lists...

GLC02382.174

to C. T. Bissell

Brevet Major signs as commander of an artillery brigade, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac. Forwards a weekly report pertaining to stations of batteries under his command. Directs this report to Captain Bissell, Acting Assistant Adjutant General...

GLC02382.180

[Field return, artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac]

Captain Shaffer lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies and batteries. At the bottom of the page, lists amounts of reserve ammunition.

GLC02382.181

[Field return, artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac]

Captain Mayo lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies and batteries. At the bottom of the page, lists amounts of reserve ammunition. Docket notes that this...

GLC02382.192

Report of stations of the batteries serving with artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac.

Also includes a report of heavy guns in defenses, City Point.

GLC02382.193

Field return, artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac

General Hays lists officers and other men present for duty, as well as serviceable and unserviceable horses for nineteen batteries under his command.

GLC02382.204

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Year inferred from contents. Hascall consoles Hunt after the death of his daughter (possibly Emily C. Hunt). Writes "one trouble follows another in this life, and a few more years will close the scene- and then it will matter little- what we have...

GLC02382.209

[General orders no. 29 announcing the death of First Lieutenant Fredrik Rosencrantz]

Praises Rosencrantz, who served as an aide-de-camp to one of the commanders of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. Notes that Rosencrantz's brevets obtained during the Civil War were not confirmed by Senate due to an act of Congress....

GLC02382.216

[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

[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

[ Written on General orders no. 14 for the purpose of diffusing instruction in artillery regiments]

Includes printed orders issued 24 August 1849 by W. G. Freeman, Assistant Adjutant General, from the Headquarters of the Army at West Point. Orders discuss organization and command of artillery regiments. These orders are followed by a note...

GLC02382.229

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Reports cavalry attacks on Confederates after Gettysburg.

GLC02414.001

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Discusses current events, including recent elections. Writes that Hunt may be in a position to aid the army by influencing the Secretary of War to prohibit army appointments made by politicians. Writes "Try to have a rule adopted by which every...

GLC02382.054

to Henry Jackson Hunt

By the daughter of General William Jenkins Worth. Missed Hunt on his last visit. Has spent long hours in a sick room (possibly the room of her mother, Margaret Stafford Worth, who died in 1869). Mentions General Joseph E. Johnston, Robert E. Lee...

GLC02382.100

to Henry Clark Corbin

Keifer, a United States Representative from Ohio, replies to a request from Corbin (refer to GLC02382.124). Indicates that he will support a bill which would grant Brevet Major General Henry Jackson Hunt, Colonel retired, the rank of Major General...

GLC02382.127

[Journal of General Henry Jackson Hunt]

First third of this journal is war date and primarily war-related: lists of corps, artillery returns, morning reports, etc. through 1865. Probably created principally in Virginia in 1864 and early 1865 (the Army of the Potomac was then engaged in...

GLC02382.205

to Henry Jackson Hunt

United States Military Telegram. Requests an officer to assist Hazlett. Porter graduated from West Point in 1845, then was posted to the artillery. McClellan appointed him to command one of two provisional corps, and at Beaver Dam Greek, Gaines'...

GLC02382.014

to dear General

Signs with the letter "H." Addressee is likely Hunt's father-in-law, Henry K. Craig. Hunt.discusses President Andrew Johnson's attempt to force the resignation of Secretary of War Edwin McMasters Stanton. Refers to newspaper editorials discussing...

GLC02382.034

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Says he will later respond more thoroughly to previous queries from Hunt.

GLC02382.066

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Declares "You are a trump, a soldier & a gentleman and a scholar. You did it up well. got the truth... Your narrative needed no addition... Let it stand." Possibly refers to writing Hunt completed for Emily Virginia Mason, who was working on a...

GLC02382.090

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Cowan discusses an article on the Battle of Gettysburg Hunt previously wrote for Century Magazine. Discusses the battle in great detail, feeling that his battery's service has continually been overlooked by historians. Remarks, "I cannot be blamed...

GLC02382.107

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Lyman writes, "I have read with interest your three Gettysburg articles. They are in all ways admirable. Especially I thank you for your judicious justification of Gen. Meade." Asks if there is any chance for Hunt's bill, possibly referring to a...

GLC02382.109

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Gardiner, a Civil War veteran from New York, relates that he was recently in Louisville, Kentucky, where a young man was pretending to be Hunt's son. Inquires as to the legitimacy of the young man's claims. Marked "Private" at the top of page one....

GLC02382.117

[Field return, artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac]

Created near City Point. Captain Mayo lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies and batteries. At the bottom of the page, lists amounts of reserve ammunition.

GLC02382.176

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Allibone signs as captain and ordnance officer, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac. Requests ammunition from the artillery reserve for the use of several horse batteries from Hunt, Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac. Probably written in...

GLC02382.186

[Field return, artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac]

Captain Shaffer lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies and batteries. At the bottom of the page, lists amounts of reserve ammunition.

GLC02382.189

Position of siege-guns & mortars in front of Petersburg Va.

Major Ager of the First Connecticut Artillery cites the position of parrott guns and mortars at Forts McGilvery and Haskell, and near Avery House during operations against Petersburg, Virginia.

GLC02382.194

[Field return, artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac]

Captain Mayo lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies and batteries. At the bottom of the page, lists amounts of reserve ammunition.

GLC02382.195

Report of stations of the batteries serving with artillery reserve.

Also includes a report of heavy guns in defenses for the Army of the Potomac, City Point.

GLC02382.196

Positions of Batteries along Ninth Corps line

Tidball signs as Brevet Brigadier General commanding artillery brigade, 9th corps, Army of the Potomac. Lists positions, number of guns, and commanding officers of several batteries and corps.

GLC02382.202

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Thanks Hunt for writing a memorial for his father, Harvey Brown. Writes "No multiplication of words can add anything more to show how very highly we all of us esteem what you have done and the graceful way in which it was done- and therefore it only...

GLC02382.207

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Date inferred from contents. Pertains to the funeral of Harvey Brown. Bessie transmits the address of her father's funeral. Gives Hunt, who is to write a memorial for her father, insight into his "home life, his gentleness, consideration and...

GLC02382.208

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Creator's signature is illegible. Written from Little Rock Barracks. Asks if Hunt can look over his manuscript on organization and administration. Mentions Mr. Dudley. Discusses a proposal regarding the United States Senate (possibly related to a...

GLC02382.210