Henry Jackson Hunt
Born: September 14, 1819
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan
Father: Samuel Wellington Hunt 1799 – 1829
Mother: Julia Ann Herrick 1799 – 1827
1st Wife: Emily Caroline DeRussy 1831 – 1857
(Buried: Saint Johns Church Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia)
2nd Wife: Mary Bethune Craig 1836 – 1911
(Buried: U.S. Soldiers and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Children:
Emily De Russy Hunt 1852 – 1873
(Buried: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, Missouri)
Lt. Henry Jackson Hunt Jr. 1855 – 1886
(Buried: U.S. Soldiers and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Conway Bethune Hunt 1861 – 1947
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Maria Bethune Hunt 1862 – 1938
(Buried: U.S. Soldiers and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Dr. Presley Craig Hunt 1871 – 1910
(Buried: U.S. Soldiers and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Colonel John Elliott Hunt 1874 – 1951
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Education:
1839: Graduated West Point Military Academy – (19th in class)
Occupation before War:
1839 – 1846: 2nd Lt. United States Army 2nd Artillery
1846 – 1852: 1st Lt. United States Army 2nd Artillery
1847: Brevetted Captain for Gallant Service at Contreras & Churchbusco
1847: Wounded twice during the Mexican War
1847: Brevetted Major for Gallantry at Battle of Chapultepec
1852 – 1861: Captain United States Army, 2nd Artillery
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: Major United States Army, 5th Artillery
1861: Chief of Artillery Washington, D.C. Defenses
1861 – 1862: Colonel in the Union Army
1861 – 1862: Organizer of Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac
1861 – 1862: Member of the Board for Arming Fortifications
1862 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army Artillery
1862: Commander Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac
1862 – 1864: Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac
1863: Brevetted Colonel United Army, Artillery
1863 – 1869: Lt. Colonel United States Army, 3rd Artillery
1864: Brevetted Major General United States Army Artillery
1865: Brevetted Brigadier General, United States Army Artillery
1865: Commander of Camp of Instruction near Blandensburg, Maryland
1866: President of Permanent Artillery Board
1866: Mustered out of Union Army on April 30, 1866
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1869: Lt. Colonel United States Army, 3rd Artillery
1869 – 1883: Colonel United States Army, 5th Artillery
1883: Retired from United States Army on September 14th
1885 – 1889: Governor of Soldier’s Home Washington, D.C.
Died: February 11, 1889
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Age at time of Death: 69 years old
Burial Place: U.S. Soldiers and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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