BBG Hunt, Lewis Cass

Lewis Cass Hunt​

Born: February 23, 1824

Birthplace: Green Bay, Wisconsin

Father: Samuel Wellington Hunt 1799 – 1829

Mother: Julia Ann Herrick 1799 – 1827

Brother: Brig. General Henry Jackson Hunt 1819 – 1889

(Buried: U.S. Soldiers and Airmen's Home, National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

Wife: Abby Pearce Casey 1838 – 1886

(Buried: Silas Casey Cemetery, North Kingstown, Rhode Island)​

Children:

Colonel Henry Jackson Hunt Sr. 1869 – 1935​

(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)​

Education:

1847: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (33rd​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

1847: Brevet 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 3rd​ Infantry Regiment​

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1847 – 1848: Served in the Mexican American War​

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1847 – 1852: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 4th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1848: Garrison Duty at East Pascagoula, Mississippi​

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1848 – 1852: Garrison Duty at Sackett's Harbor, New York​

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1852 – 1855: 1st​ Lt. United States Army, 4th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1852: Garrison Duty at Fort Columbus, New York​

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1852 – 1853: Enroute to California​

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1853 – 1854: Frontier Duty at Fort Humboldt, California​

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1854: Scouting duty against Trinity River Indians​

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1854 – 1858: Leave of absence from United States Army​

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1855 – 1863: Captain United States Army, 4th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1858: Conductor of recruits to Utah​

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1858: Served in the march to Washington Territory​

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1858 – 1859: Served at Fort Steilacoom​

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1859 – 1860: Frontier Duty at San Juan Island, Washington Territory​

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1860: Served at Fort Steilacoom​

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1860 – 1861: Frontier Duty at Fort Townsend​

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1861: Frontier Duty at Fort Terwaw, California​

Civil War Career:

1862: Served in the Washington, D.C. Defenses​

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1862: Served in the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia​

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1862: Colonel of 92nd​ New York Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Wounded during the Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia​

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1862: Brevetted Major for Gallantry at Battle of Fair Oaks​

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1862: Served in the operations in Suffolk, Virginia​

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1862: Served in several expeditions to the Blackwater​

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1862 – 1866: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers​

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1862 – 1863: Served in General Foster's Expedition in North Carolina​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Kinston, North Carolina​

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1862: Brevetted Lt. Colonel for Gallantry Battle of Kinston​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Whitehall, North Carolina​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Goldsborough, North Carolina​

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1863 – 1866: Major of United States Army, 14th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1863 – 1864: Commander of Draft at New Haven, Connecticut​

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1864: On special duty in Missouri, and Kansas​

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1864 – 1866: Commander of Defenses of New York Harbor​

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1865: Brevetted Colonel for Gallantry during the War​

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1865: Brevetted Brig. General U.S. Army for service in the Civil War​

Occupation after War:

1863 – 1866: Major of United States Army, 14th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on January 15th​​

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1866: on Leave of absence from the United States Army​

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1866 – 1868: Major of United States Army, 4th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1866: on Frontier Duty at Fort Wayne, Michigan​

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1866 – 1867: Frontier Duty at Fort Gratiot, Michigan​

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1867: Regimental command at Fort Sedgwick Colorado​

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1868: Leave of absence from United States Army​

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1867 – 1868: Post Commander of Fort Sedgwick, Colorado​

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1868 – 1881: Lt. Colonel United States Army, 20th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1868 – 1869: Special duty at headquarters Department of Louisiana​

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1869: Garrison Duty at Greenville Barracks, Louisiana

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1869: Frontier Duty and Commander of Fort Ripley, Minnesota​

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1869 – 1872: Commander of Fort Abercrombie, Minnesota​

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1872 – 1877: Commander of Fort Totten, Dakota Territory​

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1877: On Sick leave from United States Army​

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1878: Post Commander of Post of San Antonio, Texas​

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1878: Frontier Duty at Fort Clark, Texas​

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1878: Commander of Fort Clark, Texas​

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1878 – 1879: Court martial duty in San Antonio, Texas​

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1879: Member of United States Army retiring board​

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1879: On Sick leave from United States Army​

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1880: Frontier Duty at Fort Clark, Texas​

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1880: Post Commander of Fort Duncan, Texas​

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1880 – 1881: Commander of Depot Barracks, Columbus, Ohio​

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1881: Transferred to United States Army, 4th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1881 – 1886: Colonel of United States Army, 14th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1881: Commander of Fort Douglass, Utah Territory​

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1881: Commander of Camp on White River, Colorado​

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1884: On Sick leave from United States Army​

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1884: Post Commander at Post of Fort Sidney, Nebraska​

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1885: Post Commander of Vancouver Barracks, Washington Territory​

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1886: on Light duty at San Diego Barracks, California​

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1886: on Light duty at Fort Union, New Mexico​

Died: September 6, 1886

Place of Death: Fort Union, New Mexico

Cause of Death: Chronic Diarrhea

Age at time of Death: 62 years old

Burial Place: Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Lewis C. Hunt! Salutes remembering General Hunt on his birthday.

 

[Sheltowee]

Quite a career- even with apparent battles with illness.

 

[Pollaco]

Col. Hunt's 92nd New York Infantry Regiment was also known as the "New York Excelsior Rifle Legion", "Excelsior Rifle Legion", Excelsior Rifle Blues" and the 2nd St. Lawrence County Regiment". The first commander was Col. Jonah Sanford.

 

[rpkennedy]

Col. Hunt's 92nd New York Infantry Regiment was also known as the "New York Excelsior Rifle Legion", "Excelsior Rifle Legion", Excelsior Rifle Blues" and the 2nd St. Lawrence County Regiment". The first commander was Col. Jonah Sanford.

The 1st St. Lawrence County Regiment was the 60th New York, a member of Brigadier General George S. Greene's Twelfth Corps brigade on Culp's Hill at Gettysburg. The 92nd New York served in the Fourth and Eighteenth Corps until it was mustered out in January 1865 with the men who still had time to serve transferring to the 96th New York (the Plattsburgh Regiment).

Ryan