Chatham-Montgomery County GaArchives Biographies.....Tunno, Robert G. 1870 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
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   CAPT. ROBERT G. TUNNO, captain and adjutant in the Savannah Volunteer Guards,
has been connected with that organization since 1891. Enlisting as a private in
Company B, of that battalion, he served in that capacity until 1894, since which
time his rise in rank has been gradual, but continuous. He is now captain and
adjutant of the entire battalion, which consists of four companies,—A, B, C, and
D. He has served with entire satisfaction not only to the battalion, but to the
state and federal military authorities as well. He has been connected with the
naval stores industry almost continuously since leaving school.

   Born in Savannah, in 1870, Captain Tunno is a lifelong resident of this city.
He is the son of Capt. Matthew R. and Isabel C. (King) Tunno, both of whom are
residents of Savannah. The father was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and
upon the breaking out of the war between the states he entered the Confederate
service as a member of the Charleston Light Dragoons, as a private. He later
left this organization and joined the army of the West, becoming post ordnance
officer at Columbus, Kentucky, holding this position until the evacuation of
Columbus in September, 1861. He then became a staff officer with the rank of
captain, on the staff of General Polk. In August, 1863, he was detailed to serve
in the ordnance department at Columbus, Mississippi, continuing in that service
until August, 1864. He then resigned, and again joined the Charleston Light
Dragoons at Hixford, Virginia, remaining in active service with them until the
close of the war, at which time he was with his command at Hillsboro, North
Carolina. In 1866 Captain Tunno and his brother, Maj. William M. Tunno, who had
also served with distinction as an officer in the Confederate army, came to
Savannah and engaged in the banking and cotton business. In late years Captain
Tunno, the elder, has been retired from active business life. The mother of
Capt. Robert G. Tunno is a member of a well-known old Georgia family, and is a
native of Savannah. Members of her family gave service to the cause of the
Confederacy, among them being William C. King, first lieutenant of Company A of
the Savannah Volunteer Guards Battalion. He was killed at the battle of Sailors
Creek, Virginia, in the latter part of the war. Another of her relatives,
Colonel Bayard, was at one time the commander of the battalion. The Kings are
also related to the Barrington family, which is descended from Col. Josiah
Barrington of the English army who came to Georgia with General Oglethorpe at
the time of the settlement of the colony.

   Captain Tunno was reared in Savannah and received his schooling in private
and public schools of the city and in Porter Academy, Charleston, lie has led a
life of military activity since his early manhood, enlisting on February 9,
1891, as a private in Company B, of the Savannah Guards Battalion (Coast
Artillery Corps). February 1, 1900, he was promoted to first lieutenant of his
company, acting as such until March 13, 1904, at which time he was elected
captain of Company B. He served as such until April 28, 1906, when on account of
business, he resigned from the captaincy. He at once re-enlisted in Company B as
a private, and was sergeant and first sergeant of Company B from April 30, 1906,
to October 5, 1909, when he was elected to his present position, that of captain
and adjutant of the entire battalion of four companies. His record throughout
has been one of admirable efficiency, creditable to himself and to a family
already distinguished for deeds of valor in a military way.


Additional Comments:
A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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