80. HENRY J. HUNT (1819-1889) Union brigadier general who broke the Confederate pursuit at Bull Run, as Chief of Artillery at Fredericksburg his 147 gun battery opened the battle. He is best remembered for commanding the artillery at Gettysburg, helping to repulse Pickett's charge. Good association A.L.S. "Henry J. Hunt" with a lengthy postscript signed "H", 4pp. 8vo., Newport Barracks, Ky., May 30, 1883 to Louis Garesche, son of Union officer Julius Garesche. In preparing to write his father's biography, Garesche has written to Hunt asking about any remembrances Hunt might have. Hunt responds: "I regret that I could not give you incidents of his life, such as were desired...We were never together even in the field, as we served in different divisions in Mexico...True we were together for a short time in Washington ...but lived in different parts of town...We met sometimes casually, but often enough to make our acquaintance...The truth is that the ruling traits of your father's character were such as would most impress any person brought in contact with him...His manliness, his broad views, his starting integrity, his earnest religious character, his charity in every sense of the term, his strict observance duty towards God, the state, and his fellow men..." JULIUS GARESCHE had declined a general's commission to serve as Rosecrans' chief of staff. Garesche had premonitions of his death in his first battle, and they came to fruition. Leading a charge at Stones River, a cannonball blew his head off, and his horse continued to carry his upright, headless body some distance before his horrified command. Two tape remnants beneath the postscript not affecting text, otherwise very good. $400-500