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RARE COLLECTION OF ONE UNION CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS YEAR IN THE WAR
A This is not just an offering of a dead civil war soldier but a glimpse of family history in photos. It does consist of a unique collection of 23 letters , 22 from the soldier and one final one by his Sgt. to his family about his death in battle. All are written by a Union soldier, Demerest D. Hunter, starting on August 22, 1861 and going till June 22, 1862, which are written to his family members back home in Scotch Plains, NY. He was a regular in the 5th Regiment New York State Volunteers. The letters are those written and sent by him to his sister, brother, Mother, Father and Grandmother back in Scotch Plains, NY . Demerest was also the great great grandson of Cpt. Elijah Hunter. A double agent for George Washington, one of the nations first intelligence agents. “Elijah Hunter, 1775, was lieutenant in Capt. Daniel Mills' company, Col. James Holmes ' regiment, and was captain of grenadiers at the Battle of White Plains. He served as a delegate from Westchester county to the Assembly. He was born at New Castle, 1749, and died, 1815, at Mount Pleasant (Sing Sing).”
The letters are written from Camp Schuyler, Schuyler, NY; Camp Winfield, south of Yorktown, VA; Camp Warren, near West Point, VA; Camp Hanover, Hanover, VA; and his longest stay, Camp Federal Hill in Baltimore, MD.
For most of his stay in Camp Federal Hill, he worked on fortifying the stronghold under the supervision of General John Adams Dix. He wrote about his and other soldiers visits with locals, how they all enjoyed Baltimore the city and its people. He asks his family members for special things to be sent to him like butter, writing paper, cash, and a new revolver. He talks about a few excursions or recon trips his troop made to the Potomac and one in which they were expecting The Merrimack. He states how if he does not return that he represented his country and fought for its honor. He writes of how " If we get in a fight which is not very likely, I will never disgrace my country or family". His last letter is about his last call near Yorktown on the Chickasaw. These letters are followed by a very moving one written by his Sgt. C. C. Pike to his parents telling them of his death in battle and the honorable burial by his fellow soldiers. Really a very moving letter covering two pages. Beginning and end of which is in image below. Many of the letters have embossed printers' marks representing the Union. One letter is an embossed General with flag and underneath the words, "Brave In The Field, Wise In Council; A True Patriot. True To The Constitution."
This collection of letters also includes some 39 photos of which 15 are tin types of his surviving family and his sisters family with the Pound surname. To bad there are none of Demerest among them. Great genealogy material dated and age on family member photos dating from 1840 to 1900. Images bearing the following family member names. His parents Edgar & Lydia Hunter (see image below), Annie Hiden, Will Davis, Ellen Hunter Pound, Jackson S. Pound, Elizabeth Pound Hart, Arthur Eugene Pound, Janice Pound Quin, Nellie Pound DeWald, Cicelia DeWald, Charles Coleman, Lydia Hunter Davis and others not identified.
The most interesting photo is a 6 x 8 in sepia of a family possibly those of Demerest in mourning clothing standing on a rocky shore.
In addition to the above, we are including 2 other images from what we are presuming is also the Pound family at a burial during WW1, one with honor guard firing their salute, which is in very poor condition, and the other a family burial plot in Presbyterian Cemetery on Brook Ave. near Watching Ave. North Plainfield, NJ with birth and death dates of those buried there, which is also in extremely poor condition, although it is 98% readable. Most are Pound & Stewart family members. (See image below)
So you have many years of two families history, not forgotten and saved. Maybe they will return to members of this family so they and future members may have a glimpse of their family ancestors history.
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to own an intact collection from one soldier and his family. If this does not find a buyer we will offer each letter individually as well as the image collection. More images of letters and tin types if you request them. Please mail request from our eBay ME page.
two tone art
The back of the photo board has three 1 cent Washington Proprietary stamps that were purchased to help defray the cost of the war. They are signed in ink by what looks like the name James McPhery Front top mirror reverse appears to read. "10 copies Henry G. Maurrsell No 164 Hudson St. New York
Demerest Hunter’s Father Edgar Wallace Hunter & Mother Lydia Ann Palmer- Hunter 
Two great staged cartoon tin types 
Pound & Stewart Family Burial Plot in North Plainfield NJ
Jackson Pound Grave stone as it looks today b. 1808 d. 1865 
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