Hugh T. Reed

Born on August 17, 1850, Hugh T. Reed was an American soldier, writer, and inventor whose published work drew heavily on his own experience. Archive records for his books identify him as Hugh T. Reed (1850–1934), and his memoir Recollections of Col. Hugh T. Reed places his childhood in Richmond, Indiana.

Reed is most closely associated with books such as Cadet Life at West Point and Recollections of Col. Hugh T. Reed. His writing appears to combine memoir, observation, and military instruction, making it especially interesting for listeners who enjoy personal accounts of army life and American history.

He died in 1934. While detailed biographical sources are limited in the material I could confirm here, the surviving editions of his books show a writer preserving his own slice of 19th-century military and personal history in a direct, readable way.