Edward Hatch

Edward Hatch
Indian Wars

Edward Hatch (December 22, 1832 – April 11, 1889) was a career American soldier who served as a general in the

troops commanded by White officers.

Biography

Hatch, the son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Scott Hatch, was born in Bangor, Maine, and educated at the Norwich Military Academy in Vermont.

As early as 1858, he was a resident of Muscatine, Iowa, where he engaged in the lumber business.

He volunteered for service as a

He served under General Ulysses S. Grant in the South. After commanding the entire cavalry division in the Army of the Tennessee, he was appointed and confirmed a brigadier general in the spring of 1864.^[2] His gallantry in the field caused his further promotion to the rank of brevet major general later in 1864.

After the war, he transferred from the volunteer to the

in 1880, and became widely known as an Indian fighter.

He died in

.

See also

• List of American Civil War generals (Union)

References

• historycentral Accessed December 16, 2007