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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02382.115 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt |
| Title | Sarah Maria Cooper to Henry Jackson Hunt regarding his correspondence with Emily Virginia Mason and Richard Coulter Drum |
| Date | ca. 1871 |
| Author | Cooper, Sarah Maria Mason (1800-1890) |
| Recipient | Hunt, Henry Jackson |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Mentions correspondence between Hunt, Emily Virginia Mason, and Richard Coulter Drum (refer to GLC2382.113 and .114). Thanks Hunt for the exertions he has made, with Mason and Drum (concerning financial matters, pertaining to her husband General Samuel Cooper). Relates that the General's health is poor, "but I am sure that he would agree with me, and with the other members of my family, that we must decline your kind aid. We cannot avail ourselves of help from your noble generosity- Accept for yourself our most kind regards... " Emily Virginia Mason corresponded with Hunt in 1871 and 1872 regarding her biography of Robert E. Lee. Through Drum and Mason, Hunt had attempted to anonymously give the Cooper's financial assistance. It had been suggested in previous correspondence that General Cooper would refuse Hunt's assistance, because Cooper had served the Confederacy and Hunt served the Union. |
| Subjects | Women's History Confederate General or Leader Union General Health and Medical Economics Finance Charity and Philanthropy Children and Family |
| People | Hunt, Henry Jackson (1819-1889) Cooper, Sarah Maria Mason (1800-1809) Cooper, Samuel (1798-1876) Drum, Richard Coulter (1825-1909) |
| Place written | Alexandria, Virginia |
| Theme | Health & Medicine; Women in American History |
| 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. Emily Virginia Mason corresponded with Hunt in 1871 and 1872 regarding her biography of Robert E. Lee. Through Drum and Mason, Hunt had attempted to anonymously give the Cooper's financial assistance. It had been suggested in previous correspondence that General Cooper would refuse Hunt's assistance, because Cooper had served the Confederacy and Hunt served the Union. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |