His brother, Lewis Cass Hunt (1824–1886), served throughout the Civil War in the infantry, becoming brigadier general of volunteers in 1862, and brevet brigadier general in the Regular Army in 1865.
Hans bror, Lewis Cass Hunt (1824–1886), gjorde tjeneste i hele borgerkrigen i infanteriet og blev brigadegeneral i den frivillige hær i 1862, og midlertidig brigadegeneral i den regulæe hær i 1865.