military officer
David Hunter.
American Union general during the Civil War (1802–1886)
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About David Hunter
David Hunter was an American military officer. He served as a Union general during the American Civil War. He achieved notability for his unauthorized 1862 order emancipating slaves in three Southern states, for his leadership of Union troops during the Valley Campaigns of 1864, and as the president of the military commission trying the conspirators involved with the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
Everything about David Hunter →- Occupation
- military officer, soldier
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 21, 1802
- Died
- February 2, 1886