John R. Hunt
Published: 1861
Total Pages: 11
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Civil War diary, written in a Daily pocket remembrance for 1865, by John R. Hunt Jr. in Washington D.C., records his work endorsing papers in the War Dept.; his social activities, including visits to the theatre and the war ships Monitor and Stonewall; as well as war rumors and observations of Lincoln's assassination and funeral. Many gaps in diary, notably when he leaves Washington in May for Ohio, with few entries until he returns to Washington in October. In November he comments on the hanging of Andersonville Military Prison commandant, Henry Wirz. Also includes nine calling cards printed for J.R. Hunt, Jr. and for [his mother], Mrs. Dr. J.R. Hunt and a tin type in oval gilt matte depicting Hunt in slouch hat with his hand on the hilt of an infantry sabre.