Reminiscence, 1892, Adaline Lawrence Hutter Long (1846-1926)
Title
Reminiscence, 1892, Adaline Lawrence Hutter Long (1846-1926)
Subject
Ada Hutter recounts the history of her family, Sandusky during the Battle of Lynchburg, and her father's service as a career US Army officer.
She is erroneous in stating her father attended the US Military Academy at West Point, no record has been found of this. She also overstates the number of Union soldiers in David Hunter's army (40,000), most estimates place this number at 18,000 - 23,000.
She is erroneous in stating her father attended the US Military Academy at West Point, no record has been found of this. She also overstates the number of Union soldiers in David Hunter's army (40,000), most estimates place this number at 18,000 - 23,000.
Publisher
Historic Sandusky-University of Lynchburg
Date
1892
Contributor
Transcribed by Emma Coffey
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Text
In Campbell Co. Virginia near the City of Lynchburg, and within view of the Peaks of Otter is a historic house known as “Sandusky.” Many years ago it was purchased by Maj. George C. Hutter for a house for his family – Maj. Hutter has passed away and sleeps beneath the soil of Va. his adopted state – He married the lovely daughter of Maj. James Beverly Risque of Lynchburg, a noted lawyer of his day, she was the niece of Governor Clark of Missouri and was known in St. Louis where she spent her girlhood as the “Beautiful Virginian.” She was married at the Governor’s Mansion to Maj. Hutter who was then a young officer in the Army – nature and art have done much to beatify this place – Colonial in style it stands in a grove of magnificent oaks, like sentinels guarding forever the house they shelter. Just at the outer front gate is the picturesque view of the Old Quaker Church – built of stone the walls still stand, wild roses clamber up the sides and ever young tress are growing up within – Not many months ago standing out ide of this old church beneath a sturdy young oak Col. Risque Hutter, Maj. Hutter’s youngest son said to me “I want to be buried right here (stamped his foot on the ground). So when the Arch angel sounds his final trump I will rise in sight of Sandusky” So dear to his heart was this house – Maj. Hutter was born in Bethlehem Pa. in 1793 he graduated at West Point – and was in the 117 Penn. Infantry in the war of 1812 – he was in all the Indian Wars and in the Mexican War under Gen. Taylor; at its close – he was appointed Paymaster U.S.A. his commission reads as follows – “I, President of the United States of America. Reposing special faith in the Honor fidelity, and patriotism of George Hutter do appoint him paymaster in the U.S.A. etc. He had served 45 years in the Army when the war between the North and the South commenced - was stationed at Charleston S.C. and made the last payment at Fort Sumter going over by permission of the South Carolina authorities & pledged his allegiance to the South President Davis ordered him to Richmond he obeyed the order – and was offered the position of Paymaster Gen. of the Confederate Army – he declined on account of his advanced age and his three sons were in the C.S.A. he retired to Sandusky to whose comforts he was almost a stranger for he was ever where duty called him. When Gen. David Hunter invaded Virginia the object of which was to capture Lynchburg he and other Generals and their staffs had their headquarters in the house, and their armies 40 thousand strong Cavalry Artillery and Infantry camped on the broad fields of Sandusky – After the battle they retreated and left many wounded soldiers; they had fitted up the fine brick barn as a hospital. Maj. Hutter cared for these suffering men and ministered to them, trying in every way to alleviate their pain – years have passed since then but there may be some living who were in that Army and still cherish grateful memories of a military looking man dressed in rough home spun clothes, with close cut snow white hair beneath which flashed kindly grey eyes, a man with the proud fearing of a soldier but with a voice whose gentleness and sympathy echoes this all these years – They, none of them, knew that put carefully away in one of the rooms of the house was the uniform bearing the insignia of his rank, the trusty sword sheathed now for the first time when his country was at war – Maj. Hutter was devoted to the South, he left his children not great wealth or fame but the heritage of a stainless name
Written in 1892
Written in 1892
Collection
Citation
“Reminiscence, 1892, Adaline Lawrence Hutter Long (1846-1926),” Historic Sandusky Archives and Collections, accessed April 30, 2024, https://historicsanduskyarchives.omeka.net/items/show/122.