| Birth: | Feb. 5, 1825 | | Death: | Oct. 25, 1896 | 
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1849 and elected a member of the Indiana State legislature in 1858. At the start of the Civil War, he was appointed Colonel of the 82nd Indiana Infantry and served until the fall of Atlanta. He then commanded a brigade in the 14th Army Corps and took part in General Sherman's march to the sea. For distinguished service, he was brevetted Brigadier General of US Volunteers, on March 13, 1865. After the war, he was elected to Congress from Indiana as a Republican, serving from 1867 to 1869 and again 1873 to 1879. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Family links:
Children:
Samuel M. Hunter (1869 - 1909)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Morton Hunter | | | Burial:
Rose Hill Cemetery
Bloomington
Monroe County
Indiana, USA
Plot: Spencer Addition, Lot 16 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Nov 25, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 5995124 |
|
|
|
Do you have a photo to add? Click here |
(3.8 after 24 votes)
