# Nicolae Dunca

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**Nicolae Dunca** (1837 – June 8, 1862) was a Romanian military officer who served in several conflicts in Europe and in the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War).

## Life and career

Dunca was born in 1837 in [Iași](/source/Ia%C8%99i), [Moldavia](/source/Moldavia).[2] He served in the Honved Army during the [Hungarian Revolution of 1848](/source/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1848) and later was a lieutenant under Figyelmessy on [Sicily](/source/Expedition_of_the_Thousand).[3] Dunca came to the [United States](/source/United_States) and enlisted in the [Union Army](/source/Union_Army) in March 1862 and, due to his past military experience, was appointed captain in the [8th New York Infantry Regiment](/source/8th_New_York_Volunteer_Infantry). He was later assigned as aide-de-camp to Major General [John C. Fremont](/source/John_C._Fremont), whose army was operating in the [Shenandoah Valley](/source/Shenandoah_Valley). Dunca was shot and killed by a Georgian (Pvt. John Long of Co. B, [21st Georgia Infantry](/source/21st_Georgia_Infantry)) on [picket](/source/Picket_(military)) duty at the [Battle of Cross Keys](/source/Battle_of_Cross_Keys) on June 8, 1862. When the picket searched Dunca's personal effects, it was discovered that he was carrying a dispatch outlining Gen. Fremont's order of march for the day. He was buried at [Perkey’s Farm](/source/Perkey%E2%80%99s_Farm), [Cross Keys](/source/Cross_Keys,_Virginia), [Virginia](/source/Virginia), and his remains were later transferred to the [Staunton National Cemetery](/source/Staunton_National_Cemetery) (Section B, Grave 292).

Dunca was not the only non-Hungarian to serve in the Union army. There were several officers in the Union Army who, although not natives of [Hungary](/source/Hungary), may be classified as Hungarians, for they had been identified with the Hungarians' cause, spoke the [Hungarian](/source/Hungarian_language) language and attached themselves in America to the Hungarians. Among them were [Constantin Blandovski](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blandowski_Konstatin), a Pole who had served in the Honvéd Army and few others.[2]

## Notes

1. [Battle of Cross Keys, Immigrant Soldiers, 1862 Valley Campaign](http://www.virginia.org/Listings/HistoricSites/BattleofCrossKeysImmigrantSoldiers1862ValleyCampaign/) virginia.org

1. Eugene Pivány, [Hungarians in the American Civil War](https://books.google.com/books?id=NYmkAwAAQBAJ&q=Nicholas+Dunka) *Page 46–47*

1. [Hungarians in America: Contrasting Studies](https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=36898)

## References

- Collins, Darrell L.,*The Battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic, June 8–9, 1862*. H.E. Howard, Inc., Lynchburg, Virginia, 1993. (see p. 68 for a details surrounding Dunca's death)

## Further reading

- [Podea, I, "Capitan Nicolae Dunca si major Gheorghe Pomuiu în razboiul civil, 1861-1865 : o scurta reprivire asupra istoriei Statelor Unite (1918)](https://archive.org/details/cpitannicolaedun00pode) (in Romanian)

## See also

- [George Pomutz](/source/George_Pomutz)

## External links

- [Dunca's gravestone in the Staunton National Cemetery](http://dragosvodadotorg.wordpress.com/poze/#jp-carousel-32)

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