Sherod Hunter was the commander of the Confederate unit operating against Union Army forces in present-day Arizona during the American Civil War.
12 Facts About Sherod Hunter
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Sherod Hunter later commanded various Confederate cavalry units elsewhere in the Trans-Mississippi Theater.
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Sherod Hunter was born on March 5,1834, in Lincoln County, Tennessee, but was orphaned in 1840 and raised by various relatives.
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In November 1855, Hunter married the daughter of his business partner, Thomas Goodrich, with whom he operated a grocery business.
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Sherod Hunter began his service with the Confederacy in May 1861, after local Apaches drove him from his farm in southwestern New Mexico.
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Sherod Hunter joined Captain George Frazer's Company of Arizona Rangers and was promoted Lieutenant of the unit on August 1,1861.
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Sherod Hunter was part of a battalion of Texas troops under Colonel John R Baylor, which had recently occupied the town of Mesilla, New Mexico.
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In January 1862, Sherod Hunter, having risen to the rank of captain, was sent west at the head of Company A, Arizona Rangers by General Henry Hopkins Sibley, who was preparing an invasion of New Mexico from Texas.
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Sherod Hunter's destination was Tucson, Arizona, and his mission was to protect its pro-Confederate citizens from Apache raids and to watch for any Union forces advancing from California.
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Sherod Hunter's men fought engagements against the California Column at Stanwix Station and Picacho Pass before retreating east to Texas in May 1862.
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Sherod Hunter retaliated four days later at the Second Battle of Dragoon Springs.
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Sherod Hunter rejoined Sibley's army after its failed New Mexico invasion, seeing further service in Texas and Louisiana.