Military Report: Report of the Military Service of General David Hunter, USA: [...] (1873)

David Hunter

Military Report: Report of the Military Service of General David Hunter, USA: [...] (1873)

08/21/1862

Military Report

This 1873 report highlights the military service of White Union Army General, David Hunter. Much of the report includes Hunter's own words and correspondence from military officers and other public officials, i.e. Abraham Lincoln, about his military service. Themes include: Hunter's New Jersey upbringing, his education at West Point, and the unauthorized decree that declared all enslaved people free in the Southeast. Other themes include: his insistance on including newly freed men as soldiers for the Union Army and various correspondence about his military leadership.


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