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Class of 1870

Vol. III
p166 2369

(Born Mo.)

Levi P. Hunt

(Ap'd Mo.)

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1866, to June 15, 1870, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 10th Cavalry, June 15, 1870.

Served: on frontier duty at Camp Supply, I. T., Dec. 1, 1870, to Aug. 22, 1871, — on Escort duty, to Oct. 3, 1871, — and Ft. Sill, I. T., to Oct., 1872; on leave of absence, to Jan. 17, 1873; on duty at St. Louis Depot, Mo., to Apr. 16, 1873; on frontier duty at Ft. Concho, Tex., June 21, 1873, to Sep. 1, 1874 (near mouth of Concho River, Tex., Dec. 3, 1873, to Mar. 2, 1874, and May 29 to July 28, 1874), — on Expedition to Indian Territory, Sep. 1, 1874, to Jan. 24, 1875 (leave of absence, Feb. 25 to June 25, 1875), — Ft. Griffin, Tex., Sep. 20, 1875, to Mar.,

(First Lieut., 10th Cavalry, June 30, 1875)

1876, — Scouting, to Sep., 1876, — San Felipe, Tex., Sep. 6 to Oct. 10, 1876, — Regimental Recruiting Service, to Mar. 10, 1877, — St. Louis Depot, Mo., Mar. 14 to May 4, 1877 (leave of absence, to June 3, 1877), San Felipe, Tex., June 3, 1877, to Aug. 6, 1878 (leave of absence to Oct. 29, 1878), — Ft. Worth, Tex., Nov. 1, 1878, to June 17, 1879, — Ft. Concho, Tex., to Mar., 1880, — Scouting, to May, 1880, — Ft. Stockton, Tex., to July, 1880, — Scouting, to Nov., 1880, — Ft. Concho, Tex., to Mar., 1881, — Grierson Springs, Tex., to May, 1881, — Ft. Sill, I. T., to Nov., 1881, — Ft. Concho, Tex. (leave of absence, Jan. 9 to Mar. 8, 1882, and Dec. 5, 1883, to Mar. 5, 1884), to Mar. 10, 1885, — and Ft. Grant, Ara., to Oct. 2, 1888; on leave of absence, Oct. 2, 1888, to Jan. 18, 1889; and in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., to –––––.

Vol. IV
p205 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: At Jefferson Barracks, Mo.,

(Captain of Cavalry, 10th Cavalry, March 25, 1890)

to Oct. 6, 1890; at Fort Grant, Ariz., to April 25, 1892; at Fort Custer, Mont., to Oct. 2, 1893; on leave to Feb. 7, 1894; Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the Marmaduke Military Institute, Feb. 8, 1894 to May 24, 1896, and at the Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington, Mo., May 24, 1896 to Feb. 8, 1898; garrison duty at Fort Assinniboine, Mont., Feb. 14 to April 19, 1898; at Camp Thomas, Ga., to May, 1898; at Lakeland, Fla., to Aug., 1898; at Montauk Point, N. Y., to Nov., 1898; at Huntsville, Ala., to Jan., 1899; at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., to April, 1899; at Manzanillo, Cuba, to Jan. 2, 1900; at Fort Clark, Tex., to –––––

Vol. V
p176 [Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — At Fort Clark, Tex., to July, 1900. — Recruiting service, Chicago, Ill., to Aug., 1901.

(Major, 13th Cavalry, Feb. 2, 1901)

— Served at Assinniboine, Montana, Sept. 1901 to Sept., 1902. — Fort Meade, South Dakota till Feb., 1903. — In Philippines March, 1903 to p177 July 15, 1904. — On 4 months' leave. — Fort Riley, Kas., Dec., 1904 to May, 1905.

(Lieut.‑Colonel, 3d Cavalry, April 7, 1905)

— Joined regiment at Fort Assinniboine May, 1905. — Transferred to 2d Cavalry Sept. 27, 1905. — At Fort Des Moines, Iowa, till Feb. 1, 1909. — On duty Washington, D. C., since Feb. 13, 1909. — Member retiring board.

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, Aug. 7, 1909, by operation of law.

Vol. VI
p157 [Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Levi Pettibone Hunt, Born Aug. 7, 1845.)

Military History. —

Colonel, 14th Cavalry, March 23, 1909.

Transferred to 10th Cavalry, May 11, 1909.

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, Aug. 7, 1909,
By Operation of Law.

Died Dec. 19, 1913, at St. Louis, Mo.: Aged 68.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1914.

Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.

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