Tin cup meas. approx. 4.50 inches tall and is 4.50 inches across the bottom. It has a flat bottom and a handle attached by two rivets.  Approx. .075 of an inch below the rim is a raised bead going all the way around.

Scratched into the bottom is “J. HUNT 10^th REGT.” Scratched into the cup are 7 wonderfully done swans. They form a line around the cup body. Just under the rim is “JOSEPH HUNT 10TH NEW JERSEY REGIMENT CO. C CAPT. JOHNSON” followed by more swans.

Cup is in excellent condition and free of rust and dents.

Joseph Hunt was born in Pennsylvania and sometime before the Civil War moved to New Jersey.

Hunt enlisted as a private in Company C, 10^th New Jersey Infantry on August 29, 1861 and was discharged for disability on May 22, 1862. While he was with the regiment it served as part of the Military District of Washington.

Records show that after Hunt recovered from his illness he enlisted in the same Company and regiment on August 8, 1863 and served with them until mustered out at Hall’s Hill, Virginia on July 1, 1865. During Hunt’s second term of service the 10^th New Jersey served with the 7^th Corps Department of Virginia and the 6^th Corps Army of the Potomac. They saw action at Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Monocacy, Winchester, Opequan, Cedar Creek and Petersburg.

Nothing is known of Joseph Hunt’s post-war life other than that he died on August 26, 1916 and is buried in Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly, New Jersey. [ad] [ph:L]

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