Guide to the Henry Hastings Hunt Papers, 1862-1865
Henry Hastings Hunt Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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Henry H. Hunt (1842-1894; Bowdoin 1862), a native of Gorham, Maine, served in the First Maine Battery of Light Artillery during the Civil War. He fought in many battles, including Second Bull Run and Gettysburg.
After the war Hunt received his M.D. at the Medical School of Maine (1867), and practiced medicine in Gorham (1868-1882) and Portland (1882-1894), Maine. He lectured at and held the chair in physiology in the Medical School of Maine from 1884 to 1891.
Hunt married Gertrude Jewett of Buffalo, N.Y., in 1887.
For related Hunt family materials, see the memoirs of his brother, Charles O. Hunt.
Thirty letters (August 25, 1862 - April 11, 1865), from Hunt to his mother and sister, and three diaries (1863, 1864, 1865). The material relates to Hunt's military career.
Contains correspondence between Henry Hunt and family members, mainly discussing his involvement in the First Maine Battery during the last two years of the Civil War.
Arranged chronologically.
1862 - 1863
1864 Jan - Feb
1864 Mar
1864 Apr - Jun
1864 Jul - Aug
1864 Sep - Dec
1865 Jan - Apr
Consists of three diaries covering Hunt's time in the Civil War from 1863 until 1865, including entries during the battle of Gettysburg.
Arranged chronologically.
1863
1864
1865