Portrait, miniature locket painting of George Christian Hutter (1793-1879) in uniform
Title
Portrait, miniature locket painting of George Christian Hutter (1793-1879) in uniform
Subject
George Christian Hutter
Description
Miniature locket painting of George Christian Hutter as an officer in the 6th United States Infantry. Housed in velvet lined case.
From the book "Record of the Family and Descendants of Colonel Christian Jacob Hutter of Easton, Penn’a – 1771-1902"
"George Christian Hutter, born November 11 , 1793. Served as a Lieutenant of Volunteers in the War of 1812. After the termination of the War of 1812, he was appointed a Lieutenant in the Regular Army; served in the Seminole War in Florida, in the Black Hawk War, and later in the Mexican War as Captain in the Sixth United States Infantry. At the close of the Mexican War he was promoted to the rank of Major and Paymaster; he was stationed at Charleston, S. C. , from 1857 to 1861, and as Paymaster made the last payment before the bombardment of Fort Sumter, to Major Anderson’s command, by permission of the Governor of South Carolina. Resigned his commission in April, 1861 , refused a commission of high rank in the Confederate Army, and lived in retirement during the war, on his plantation “ Sandusky ” near Lynchburg, Va., where he died in 1880."*
*erroneous, Hutter died in 1879.
Buried Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia
Courtesy the Hutter/Gale family
From the book "Record of the Family and Descendants of Colonel Christian Jacob Hutter of Easton, Penn’a – 1771-1902"
"George Christian Hutter, born November 11 , 1793. Served as a Lieutenant of Volunteers in the War of 1812. After the termination of the War of 1812, he was appointed a Lieutenant in the Regular Army; served in the Seminole War in Florida, in the Black Hawk War, and later in the Mexican War as Captain in the Sixth United States Infantry. At the close of the Mexican War he was promoted to the rank of Major and Paymaster; he was stationed at Charleston, S. C. , from 1857 to 1861, and as Paymaster made the last payment before the bombardment of Fort Sumter, to Major Anderson’s command, by permission of the Governor of South Carolina. Resigned his commission in April, 1861 , refused a commission of high rank in the Confederate Army, and lived in retirement during the war, on his plantation “ Sandusky ” near Lynchburg, Va., where he died in 1880."*
*erroneous, Hutter died in 1879.
Buried Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia
Courtesy the Hutter/Gale family
Creator
Unknown
Publisher
Historic Sandusky-University of Lynchburg
Date
1830s - 1840s
Rights
Permission to publish or reproduce required
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Format
Metal and glass locket measuring approximately 3 1/2" tall by 2 1/2" wide
Citation
Unknown, “Portrait, miniature locket painting of George Christian Hutter (1793-1879) in uniform,” Historic Sandusky Archives and Collections, accessed May 3, 2024, https://historicsanduskyarchives.omeka.net/items/show/236.