Robert H. Hatton

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Robert H. Hatton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 5th district
In office
March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Preceded byCharles Ready
Succeeded byWilliam B. Campbell (1866)
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from Wilson County
In office
October 1, 1855 – October 5, 1857
Personal details
Born
Robert Hopkins Hatton

(1826-11-02)November 2, 1826
Brigadier General (not confirmed)
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
Engraving by Samuel Sartan

Robert Hopkins Hatton (November 2, 1826 – May 31, 1862) was a lawyer and politician from Tennessee. He was a state legislator and US Representative, and a Confederate general during the American Civil War.

Biography

Hatton was born in either

Thirty-sixth Congress
, he served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy.

Hatton believed that the Union should be preserved and initially opposed secession.[8] However, after President Lincoln called for volunteers to put down rebellion,[9] Hatton became a secessionist. He formed a Confederate military unit, the Lebanon Blues, which became a part of the 7th Tennessee Infantry. Hatton was soon elected as colonel of the regiment, which was sent to western Virginia in July 1861.

In 1862, Hatton and his men were ordered to the

Confederate Congress.[10] Just eight days later, he was shot in the head and killed while leading his Tennessee Brigade at the Battle of Fair Oaks.[11]

His body was returned to Tennessee for burial, but because Middle Tennessee was occupied by Federal troops, he was temporarily buried at Knoxville. On March 23, 1866, he was reburied in Lebanon's Cedar Grove Cemetery. A statue of him was erected in Lebanon's town square in 1912.[11]

General Robert Hatton's grave marker at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Lebanon, Tennessee.
General Hatton's grave marker inscription from the front.

Honors

The Robert H. Hatton Camp #723 [1] of the Sons of Confederate Veterans is named in his memory and honor.

See also

References

  1. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: Hatton, Robert Hopkins, (1826-1862)
  2. ^ Tucker, Spencer C. American Civil War: The definitive encyclopedia and document collection. Santa Barbara, Ca.: ABC-CLIO, 2013.
  3. ^ Drake, James Vaulx. Life of General Robert Hatton: Including His Most Important Public Speeches. Nashville, Tenn.: Marshall & Bruce, 1867.
  4. ^ The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, edited by Rossiter Johnson and John Howard Brown. Boston, The Biographical Society, 1904.
  5. ^ Caldwell, Joshua William. Sketches of the Bench and Bar of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn.: Ogden Brothers Printers, 1898, p. 257.
  6. ^ Bishop, Randy. Civil War Generals of Tennessee. Gretna, La., Pelican Publishing, 2013
  7. ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-13, retrieved 2022-07-04
  8. JSTOR 42621681
  9. ^ "Proclamation of President Abraham Lincoln", dated April 15, 1861
  10. ^ Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001, p. 600.
  11. ^ a b "Lebanon, Tennessee: A Tour of Our City" (PDF). Lebanon/Wilson County Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 15, 2007. Retrieved February 5, 2007.

Further reading

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Party political offices
First Know Nothing nominee for Governor of Tennessee
1857 		Succeeded by
None
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 5th congressional district
1859–1861 		Succeeded by
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