On July 6,1863, Hunter was mustered in as the Colonel of the 42nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia Infantry, an emergency regiment formed to fight Confederate General Robert E. Lee's invasion into Pennsylvania that became known as the Gettysburg Campaign.
Hunter was mustered in as the Colonel of the 42nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia Infantry, an emergency regiment formed to fight Confederate General Robert E. Lee's invasion into Pennsylvania. This was on July 6,1863. This Pennsylvania became known as the Gettysburg Campaign.