The Chief of Staff to General John Brown Gordon graduated in law from the University of Virginia. When the War between the States broke out, he joined the Confederate army and was with Stonewall Jackson in the battle of First Manassas. Later he was transferred to General Gordon's corps as adjutant general and chief of staff and was selected to carry the flag of truce from General Gordon to General Sheridan at Appomattox just before General Lee surrendered.
As a Confederate veteran, lawyer and journalist, he was appointed the first Secretary of Virginia Military Records by Governor Andrew J. Montague in 1904. Hunter served in this capacity until 1910 when he was succeeded by Joseph Virginius Bidgood, former Commander of the Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans.
His father was Colonel Edmund Pendleton Hunter, a noted lawyer of his time. Robert had a law office in Winchester and edited the Winchester Times. During the first Cleveland administration he held the position of Inspector of Public Lands. The latter part of his career was in the practice of law in Washington D.C.
Possessing the charming manner of a Southern Gentleman, Major Hunter was an Old School Virginian.
As a Confederate veteran, lawyer and journalist, he was appointed the first Secretary of Virginia Military Records by Governor Andrew J. Montague in 1904. Hunter served in this capacity until 1910 when he was succeeded by Joseph Virginius Bidgood, former Commander of the Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans.
His father was Colonel Edmund Pendleton Hunter, a noted lawyer of his time. Robert had a law office in Winchester and edited the Winchester Times. During the first Cleveland administration he held the position of Inspector of Public Lands. The latter part of his career was in the practice of law in Washington D.C.
Possessing the charming manner of a Southern Gentleman, Major Hunter was an Old School Virginian.
The Chief of Staff to General John Brown Gordon graduated in law from the University of Virginia. When the War between the States broke out, he joined the Confederate army and was with Stonewall Jackson in the battle of First Manassas. Later he was transferred to General Gordon's corps as adjutant general and chief of staff and was selected to carry the flag of truce from General Gordon to General Sheridan at Appomattox just before General Lee surrendered.
As a Confederate veteran, lawyer and journalist, he was appointed the first Secretary of Virginia Military Records by Governor Andrew J. Montague in 1904. Hunter served in this capacity until 1910 when he was succeeded by Joseph Virginius Bidgood, former Commander of the Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans.
His father was Colonel Edmund Pendleton Hunter, a noted lawyer of his time. Robert had a law office in Winchester and edited the Winchester Times. During the first Cleveland administration he held the position of Inspector of Public Lands. The latter part of his career was in the practice of law in Washington D.C.
Possessing the charming manner of a Southern Gentleman, Major Hunter was an Old School Virginian.
As a Confederate veteran, lawyer and journalist, he was appointed the first Secretary of Virginia Military Records by Governor Andrew J. Montague in 1904. Hunter served in this capacity until 1910 when he was succeeded by Joseph Virginius Bidgood, former Commander of the Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans.
His father was Colonel Edmund Pendleton Hunter, a noted lawyer of his time. Robert had a law office in Winchester and edited the Winchester Times. During the first Cleveland administration he held the position of Inspector of Public Lands. The latter part of his career was in the practice of law in Washington D.C.
Possessing the charming manner of a Southern Gentleman, Major Hunter was an Old School Virginian.
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