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Edward Hatch
Edward HatchBorn December 22, 1832
Bangor, MaineDied April 11, 1889 (aged 56)
Fort Robinson, NebraskaPlace of burial Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Allegiance United States of America
UnionService/branch United States Army
Union ArmyYears of service 1861–1889 Rank Colonel and Brevet Major General Commands held 2nd Iowa Cavalry
9th US Cavalry
Department of ArizonaBattles/wars American Civil War
Indian WarsEdward Hatch (December 22, 1832 – April 11, 1889) was a career American soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the war he became the first commander of the 9th Cavalry Regiment, a Buffalo soldier regiment with African-American troops commanded by white officers.
Biography
Hatch was born in Bangor, Maine, and educated at the Norwich Military Academy in Vermont. He volunteered for service as a private in the Union Army at the outbreak of the Civil War. He assisted in raising the 2nd Iowa Cavalry, of which he became colonel in June, 1862. He served under General Ulysses S. Grant in the South. After commanding the entire cavalry division in the Army of the Tennessee, he was made brigadier general in early 1864. His gallantry in the field caused his further promotion to the rank of brevet Major General (1864)
After the war, he transferred from the volunteer to the Regular Army as colonel of the 9th Cavalry Regiment (1866). He succeeded General Gordon Granger as commander of the Department of Arizona (which included New Mexico Territory) in 1876, negotiated a treaty with the Ute Indians in 1880, and became widely known as an Indian fighter.
He died in Fort Robinson, Nebraska April 11, 1889 and is buried in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery Fort Leavenworth Kansas. His grave can be found in Area A.
See also
References
- "Edward Hatch". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10030. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
- historycentral Accessed December 16, 2007
Predecessors Original units Medal of Honor recipients
(1866–1918)Edward L. Baker, Jr. · Dennis Bell · Thomas Boyne · Benjamin Brown · George Ritter Burnett · Louis H. Carpenter · John Denny · Clinton Greaves · Henry Johnson · George Jordan · Fitz Lee · Isaiah Mays · William McBryar · Thomas Shaw · Emanuel Stance · Freddie Stowers · William H. Thompkins · Augustus Walley · George H. Wanton · Moses Williams · William Othello Wilson · Brent WoodsNotable battles
(1866–1918)American Indian Wars Saline River · Texas–Indian wars · Beecher Island · Wichita I · Beaver Creek · North Fork · Red River War · Wichita II · Apache Wars · Victorio Campaign · Fort Tularosa · Bannock Uprising · Yaqui Uprising · Bear ValleySpanish–American War Philippine–American War Border War World War I See Also Categories:- Buffalo Soldiers
- Union Army generals
- People of Iowa in the American Civil War
- United States Army officers
- 1832 births
- 1889 deaths
- People from Bangor, Maine
- American Civil War stubs
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