Unknown to Henry Jackson Hunt
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.211 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Little Rock, Arkansas Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 August 1884 Pagination: 1 p. ; 26.5 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy
Creator's signature is illegible. Encloses an article (not included) from the Republican, possibly a newspaper, which contains "slurs on our artillery." Notes that he is indexing a manuscript for publication. Mentions the 1 July 1862 Battle of Malvern Hill.
Hunt had served as Chief of Artillery for the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. From 1883 until his death in 1889, he was Governor of the Soldier's Home in Washington, D.C.
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