Hunt, Jabez, d. 1863

Jabez B. Hunt served as a sergeant in the 2nd North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, Company F, during the Civil War. He enlisted 17 June 1861 and died of febris typhoid at a hospital in Richmond, Va., 13 July 1863. Hunt spent time at Camp Johnson, Va., and Gordonsville, Va., before falling ill in the spring of 1863 and spending his last days at Hanover Academy Hospital near Richmond, Va., and Camp Winder Hospital in Richmond, Va.

From the guide to the Jabez B. Hunt Letters, 1862-1863, (Southern Historical Collection)