HUNT, Henry Jackson
Affiliation:
Union
Born: September 14 1819, Detroit Barracks MI
Died: February 11 1889, Washington DC
Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1839, artillery service
War Service: May 1861 Maj. in 5th US Artillery, First Manassas, chief
of artillery in Washington defences, commanded artillery reserve in Peninsula
campaign, Malvern Hill, September 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers,
chief of artillery in Army of the Potomac, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg,
commanded siege operations at Petersburg.
Post War: Army service in the artillery, retired 1883,
governor of soldiers' home.