Editing David Hunter (section)

{{Short description|American Union general during the Civil War (1802–1886)}}
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{{Use American English|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox military person
| name          = David Hunter
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1802|7|21}}
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1886|2|2|1802|7|21}}
| birth_place   = [[Troy, New York]]
| death_place   = [[Washington, D.C.]]
| placeofburial = [[Princeton Cemetery]], New Jersey
| placeofburial_label = 
| image         = David Hunter.jpg{{!}}border
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| caption       = 
| nickname      = "Black Dave"
| allegiance    = {{Flag|United States|name=United States of America|1865}}
| serviceyears  = 1822–1836; 1841–1866
| branch        = [[File:Seal of the United States Board of War.png|25px]] [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] ([[Union Army]])
| rank          = [[File:Union Army major general rank insignia.svg|border|35px]] [[Major general (United States)|Major general]]
| commands      = [[Department of Kansas]]<br />[[Department of the West]]<br />[[Department of the South]]
| battles       = {{Tree list}}
* [[Second Seminole War]]
* [[Mexican–American War]]
* [[American Civil War]]
** [[First Battle of Bull Run]]{{WIA}}
** [[Siege of Fort Pulaski]]
** [[Battle of Piedmont]]
** [[Battle of Lynchburg]]
{{Tree list/end}}
| awards        = 
| laterwork     = 
| alma_mater= [[United States Military Academy|USMA]]}}

'''David Hunter''' (July 21, 1802 – February 2, 1886) was an American military officer. He served as a [[Union Army|Union]] general during the [[American Civil War]]. He achieved notability for his unauthorized 1862 order (immediately rescinded) emancipating slaves in three Southern states, for his leadership of United States troops during the [[Valley Campaigns of 1864]], and as the president of the military commission trying the conspirators involved with the assassination of U.S. President [[Abraham Lincoln]].