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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02382.218 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt |
| Title | Henry Jackson Hunt to Mary Bethune Craig Hunt discussing the events following the Kirk-Holden war of 1870 |
| Date | 8 August 1870 |
| Author | Hunt, Henry Jackson (1819-1889) |
| Recipient | Hunt, Mary Bethune Craig |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Hunt discusses the events following the so-called Kirk-Holden war of 1870. Mentions "scrape Stephen Douglas has put himself into." Cites possibility of being called to enforce a district court action against North Carolina governor William Woods Holden. "If permitted to do so I think Gov. H. will surrender on the first demand I make and that it will probably settle the case by turning the whole business over to the Civil Court. So far I have had no trouble, am on very good terms with both parties and the so called 'KuKlux' are as glad that I have troops here as are the [Government?] party." Mentions Radical Reconstruction. Notes that an election held recently in North Carolina did not instigate violence. Also discusses the Franco-Prussian War and financial matters. Written on National Hotel stationery. Hunt appears to have been called to North Carolina to assist in the aftermath of that incident. In an attempt to control increasingly violent Ku Klux Klan activity in the state, North Carolina governor William Woods Holden had declared martial law, but then had trouble controlling the lawmakers he appointed to enforce it. Holden was subsequently impeached. |
| Subjects | Union General Government and Civics Law Military History Ku Klux Klan Mobs and Riots African American History Reconstruction Election Politics Finance Global History and Civics Impeachment Military Law Habeas Corpus |
| People | Hunt, Henry Jackson (1819-1889) Craig, Mary Bethune (1836-1911) Holden, William Woods (1818-1892) |
| Place written | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Theme | African Americans; Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Folder information: Henry Jackson Hunt was Chief of the Artillery in the Army of the Potomac. Considered by his contemporaries the greatest artillery tactician and strategist of the war, he was a master of the science of gunnery and rewrote the manual on the organization and the use of artillery in early modern armies: Instruction for field artillery. Prepared by a board of artillery officers, consisting of Captain Wm. H. French...Captain Wm. F. Barry...Captain H.J. Hunt...To which is added The evolutions of batteries, tr. from the French by Brigadier General R. Anderson (New York, D. Van Nostrand, 1864). Hunt was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Samuel Wellington Hunt, a career infantry officer. As a child he accompanied his father in 1827 to the Kansas Territory on an expedition to found Fort Leavenworth. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1839 as second lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Artillery. He served in the Mexican War where he was elevated to captain and major. Hunt received attention when in the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861, his four-gun battery covered the retreat of a Union force with an artillery duel. He soon afterword became the chief of artillery in defense of Washington, D.C. As a colonel on the staff of McClellan, he organized and trained the artillery reserve and fought in the Peninsular Campaign. His keen work influenced battles at Malvern Hill, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. His most famous service occurred at Gettysburg. He served in Virginia through the end of the war. Following the Civil War, Hunt held various military posts. He served as president of the permanent Artillery Board. He also served at Fort Sullivan, Eastport, Maine (1868), Fort Adams, Newport, Rhode Island (1869-1872 definitely, and possibly until 1874), military commander at Charleston, South Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia (1875-1880), commander, Department of the South (1880-1883), and as Governor of the Soldier's Home in Washington D.C. (1883-1889). Hunt served as Chief of Artillery for the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. After the war, he served at various military posts. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |