HENRY HUNT

Walter asked me if I knew the name HENRY HUNT.
I said no.
He said:

If you could say there was a man who created American Artillery ... if you were saying the man who was the spiritual father of the Atomic Bomb falling on Hiroshima, if you could think of a man who brought down Thunderbolts from the sky, to slaughter thousands . . . there is Henry Hunt. Chief of Artillery for the Army of the Potomac, during the Civil War. It's HUNT'S GUNS. Hunt was such a powerful guy, that a reserve was created that was solely artillery. That's it. Before him, like during the 1st year of the war, artillery was divided up with every division, ok, you had to be a division to have artillery. Then, it evolved so that you at least had to be a brigade, to at least have, you know, what they call a battery, but because of the industrial might of the North, they created excess guns, and Hunt was placed in charge of this because he wanted it, so that he as and artillerist, without even talking to any of the commanders, can move his artillery to whatever sensitive position is necessary. And he did great work at Gettysburg. And when he saw those artillery guns blowing off on the July 3rd he had his guns set up in a particular position and waited. He walked up and down the line and yelled at artillerymen for firing. He said 'wait a minute, we wanna see what they're doing first, find out where they are and check out the smoke, save your artillery.' And then he let 'em have it. You can not read about Pickett's Charge without understanding Henry Hunt. Because he is one of the primary reasons why Pickett's Charge failed. Ok? When those Confederates talk about those cannonballs taking off their heads like 9-pins, 50% of those balls are HENRY HUNT'S BALLS. Ok? Henry Hunt. H.H. A man with a thick beard, as thick as the great Sherman himself ~ and eyes that will burn your eyes out ~ if you wanna see a real knockdown dragout fight, Sherman and Hunt! That's the one to go with! Ok? That is the name. Let this name burn into thy mind: Henry Hunt. When you get home, I want you to Google him ... He was in charge of the artillery! He was a god! Can you imagine this walking up and down the line, nobody to mess with him if he makes a decision about artillery. He has control over his artillery and also, philosophically, any field piece in the Union Army. And he placed ALL OF IT, on July 3rd. Oh God. He tore up Wilcox's Brigade. Ooo! Wilcox never made it halfway! He had those guns at Little Round Top blowing them away to Kingdome Come. Henry Hunt is one of the major reasons why I'm a free man - that I can stand here as an American citizen, Ok? Henry Hunt. Ok? Henry Hunt.