Richard K. Lunt
Richard K. Lunt was born on November 11, 1843, in Newburyport, Massachusetts, to Abraham and Elizabeth Lunt. His father was a mariner and his mother was a teacher, and the family owned $800 of real estate in 1850. He grew up and attended school in Newburyport, and by 1860, he was working as a clerk.
He enlisted in the Union army on August 22, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company A of the 48th Massachusetts Infantry on September 16. He apparently lied about his age, claiming that he was twenty years old. The regiment was assigned to the Department of the Gulf. He died on June 14, 1863, during the siege of Port Hudson.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (3227) | Lunt, Richard Kent | 1843-11-11 | 1863-06-14 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (3701) [writer] ~ Richard K. Lunt to Elizabeth A. Lunt, 10 October 1862
People - Records: 1
- (3228) Lunt, Elizabeth Ann is the [parent of] (3227) Lunt, Richard Kent
Places - Records: 2
Regiments - Records: 1
- (908) [enlisted] [A] ~ 48th Massachusetts Infantry
SOURCES
1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com.
