Wetmore, William B. (fl. 1861-1876) to Henry Jackson Hunt
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.110 Author/Creator: Wetmore, William B. (fl. 1861-1876) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 July 1876 Pagination: 4 p. ; 20.2 x 25.4 cm. Order a Copy
Possibly served under Hunt during the Civil War. Thanks Hunt for letters of introduction he used while traveling the world. Mentions Colonel Talbot, Lieutenant Colonel Peel, and Earl Stanhope, who assisted him greatly while he stayed in London. Remarks that the Comte de Paris and Duke de Chartres were away when he was in France. Traveled through Japan, China, Malaysia, Ceylon, India, and other locales. Mentions military reunions. Discusses a cavalryman who recently died; Wetmore attests that his service eclipsed the charge of the 13th British Light Brigade at Balaclava, Ukraine, 1854
Hunt had served as Chief of Artillery for the Army of the Potomac. After the Civil War, he occupied various military posts, including that of Military Commander at Charleston, South Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia 1875-1880.
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