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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02382.091 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt |
| Title | John F. Lee to Henry Jackson Hunt regarding the Ku Klux Klan, their contemporaries, the Franco-Prussian War, African-Americans in the army and Second Manassas |
| Date | ca. 16 August 1872 |
| Author | Lee, John F. (1813-1884) |
| Recipient | Hunt, Henry Jackson |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses an unspecified case with Hunt, and notes that Hunt is engaged in political service. Remarks "I wish you would solve that mystery of the Ku Klux. It is not all a dream. There must be some waking reality in it." Mentions General Ethan Allen Hitchcock, and his military report on Missouri for William Selby Harney, who commanded in Missouri before and during the early years of the Civil War. Mentions Edwin McMasters Stanton, General Henry W. Halleck, and General George Brinton McClellan. Asserts that Stonewall Jackson led some Dutch soldiers at Chancellorsville, and refers to the Franco-Prussian War. Notes "You will have some disagreeable things in the army ... the negro cadet & officer element for example- if the Radicals hold on to the government." Mentions Barry and praises his honesty in Fitz John Porter's case (referring to an investigation of Porter's conduct at Second Manassas). Refers to Barry's pamphlet on John Pope's campaign, and his oration on Grant. |
| Subjects | African American History Union General Politics Ku Klux Klan Civil War Union Forces American West Lincoln's Cabinet Confederate States of America Confederate General or Leader Immigration and Migration Global History and Civics Military History Republican Party Election Government and Civics African American Troops West Point (US Military Academy) Military Law Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) President |
| People | Hunt, Henry Jackson (1819-1889) Lee, John F. (1813-1884) Hitchcock, Ethan Allen (1798-1870) Stanton, E. M. (Edwin McMasters) (1814-1869) Harney, William S. (William Selby) (1800-1889) Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager) (1815-1872) McClellan, George B. (1826-1885) Jackson, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" (1824-1863) Porter, Fitz John (1822-1901) Pope, John (1822-1892) Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Jackson, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" (1824-1863) |
| Place written | Upper Marlboro, Maryland |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs |
| 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 had served as Chief of Artillery for the Army of the Potomac. After the Civil War, he occupied various military posts. In the early 1870s, Hunt served at Fort Adams, Newport, Rhode Island. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |