to Henry Jackson Hunt

Gardiner, Asa Bird, 1839-1919 to Henry Jackson Hunt

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GLC#
GLC02382.117-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
7 August 1874
Author/Creator
Gardiner, Asa Bird, 1839-1919
Title
to Henry Jackson Hunt
Place Written
Glencoe, Maryland
Pagination
6 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 25.2 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

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. Mentions General Sloan, Medical Director of the Department of the South. Gardiner published several works on military topics. After the war, Gardiner served as Secretary-General of the Society of the Cincinnati and District Attorney of New York County.

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