Robert G. Hunt Papers, 1861-1865, and undated

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Summary

Creator:: Hunt, Robert G.
Abstract:: Papers of a U.S. Civil War Paymaster, consisting mostly of account books, correspondence, vouchers, disbursement accounts, returns, pay records for numerous Michigan, U.S., and U.S. Colored regiments.
Extent:: 5.5 cubic feet (in 2 boxes, 39 Oversized folders)
Language:: English
Authors:: Collection processed and finding aid created by D. Minis, M. Matyn

Background

Scope and Content:

The collection is organized alphabetically by format and size, and then chronologically, 1861-1865. It consists of Hunt’s Pay Master records, a wide variety, for a large number of troops including Michigan, U.S. Colored Troops, and non-Michigan troops. Michigan units documented in the collection include: Michigan Engineers and Mechanics Regiment, 1st , Michigan Infantry Regiment, 7th, Michigan Infantry Regiment, 13th, 1863-1865, Michigan Infantry Regiment, 21st, Michigan Infantry Regiment, 22nd, 1864-1865. U.S. Colored Troops including: 1st U.S. Infantry, U.S. Colored Infantry, 14th Regiment; U.S. Colored Infantry, 18th Regiment; and the U.S. Colored Infantry, 44th Regiment are documented in the collection. Non-Michigan units documented in the collection include some from Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Iowa, New York (state), Wisconsin, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Connecticut. Materials for different units are sorted by year, not by month and day.

Biographical / Historical:

Biography:

Robert G. Hunt was a U.S. Pay Master during the Civil War. No further information is available on him. A request for his papers from the National Archives found nothing.

Acquisition Information:

Acc# 396-431

Arrangement:

Arrangement is by size, alphabetical, and chronological.