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Class of 1880

Vol. III
p332 2841

(Born Pa.)

Charles H. Hunter1

(Ap'd at Large)

Born Philadelphia, PA.a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, June 14, 1876, to June 12, 1880, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 19th Infantry, June 12, 1880.

Served: in garrison at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., Nov. 14, 1880, to

(Transferred to 1st Artillery, Mar. 18, 1881)

June 26, 1881, — Ft. Warren, Mas., to July 30, 1881, — Ft. Preble, Me., to Nov. 12, 1881, — Ft. Winfield Scott, Cal., to Oct. 10, 1883, — Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., to Apr. 10, 1884, — Artillery School for Practice, Ft. Monroe, Va., to Aug. 24, 1886, — Vancouver Barracks, Wash., to Oct. 1, 1888, — Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., to Apr. 18, 1889, —

(First Lieut., 1st Artillery, Mar. 2, 1889)

Alcatraz Island, Cal., to May 22, 1889, — and Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., to Aug. 3, 1889; and at the Military Academy as Assistant Professor of Modern Languages, Aug. 28, 1889, to –––––.

Vol. IV
p327 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: At U. S. M. A., West Point, N. Y., as Assistant Professor of Modern Languages, to June, 1891. — (Adjutant, 1st Artillery, Fort Hamilton, N. Y., June 15, 1891 to June 14, 1895.) — Fort Wadsworth, N. Y., till Aug. 17, 1896. — West Point, N. Y., as Assistant Professor of Modern Languages, from Aug. 20, 1896 to –––––; On duty at Tampa, Fla., June 22 to July 13, 1898, and Puerto Rico July 22 to Aug. 14, 1898.

(Captain of Artillery, 3d Artillery, March 2, 1899)

Vol. V
p305 [Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Served: At West Point, N. Y., as Assistant Professor of Modern Languages, from Aug. 20, 1896 to Aug. 28, 1900; China Relief Expedition, Sept. to Nov., 1900; Philippine Islands, Nov., 1900 to March, 1903; Fort Miley, Cal., April, 1903, May, 1907.

(Major, Artillery Corps, Feb. 16, 1906)

— Key West Barracks, Fla., June 6, 1907 to –––––.

(Lieut.‑Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, March 8, 1909)

Vol. VI
p292 [Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Charles Hodge Hunter, Born Dec. 23, 1858.)

Military History. —

Major, Artillery Corps, Feb. 16, 1906.

At Key West Barracks, Fla., June 6, 1907, to

(Lieut.‑Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, March 8, 1909)

Sept. 20, 1909; at Fort Du Pont, Del., commanding Defenses of the Delaware, Oct. 1, 1909, to

(Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, April 1, 1911)

July 6, 1911; at Fort Adams, R. I., commanding Defenses of Narragansett Bay, July 7, to Oct. 31, 1913.

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, Oct. 31, 1913,
For Disability Contracted in Line of Duty.

Vol. VII
p168 [Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1920]

Military History: —

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, Oct. 31, 1913,
For Disability Contracted in Line of Duty.

Vol. VIII
p59 [Supplement, Vol. VIII: 1930‑1940]

Military History: —

Col., Ret., Oct. 31, 1913.

Died, Oct. 19, 1935, at Washington, D. C.: Aged 77.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1936.º

Buried, Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ.

The Author's Note:

1 Son of Medical Director Lewis B. Hunter, U. S. Navy.

Thayer's Note:

a Col. Hunter's birthplace is from his AOG obituary.

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