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campaign and was entrusted by Col. B. H. Grier-
son to raid tlarough central Mississipi)i. starting
from La Grange, April 17, iy(»3, destroying the
railroad between Colmnbus and Macon, and
again reaching La. Grange April 26. This move-
ment was planned to distract the attention of
the Confederates from Grant's movcm Mit at
Vicksburg. He was then given the command of
a division of cavalry 3500 strong, and continued
raiding in Alabama until disabled by wounds in
December. 1863. He was promoted to the rank
of brigailier-general of volunteers, April '27, 1804-
He was brevetted brigadier-general in the regular
.service for his action at the battle of Franklin in
wliicii he commanded a cavalry division, and
major-general in the regular army for services in
the battle of Nashville. He was brevetted major-
general of volunteers for gallantry before Nash-
ville, Tenn., Dec. 15, 1864, and on Jan. 15, 1866,
he was honorably mustered out of the volunteer
service. On July 6. 1866, was made colonel of
the 9th U.S. cavalry and he held the command
of that regiment for twenty -three j-ears. He
succeeded Gen. Gordon Granger in command of
the militaiy department including Arizona antl
New Mexico. He was president of the Ute
investigating commission of 1880 and arranged a
treaty with that tribe. He then took the field in
New Mexico again.st Victorio the Apache chief.
He died at Fort Robinson, Neb., April 11, 1889.
HATCH, Israel Thompson, representative, was born in Owasco, N.Y., in 1808. He was graduated at Union college in 1829. was subse- quently admitted to the bar, and practised in Buffalo. He was assistant secretary of New York state in 1830; served as a state senator in 1852; and was a Democratic representative in the 35th congress, 1857-59. While in congress he was appointed by President Buchanan to report on the working of the reciprocity treaty of 1854 between the United States and Canada and in 1859 he was api>ointed postmaster of Buffalo. He was a delegate to tiie state constitutional conven- tion. 1H67-()S. He engaged in banking, 1861-75. He dif'd i„ P.Mff.ilo. N.Y.. Sept. 24, 1875.
HATCH, John Porter, soldier, was born in Oswego, N.Y., Jan. 9, 1822; son of Moses Porter and Hannah (Reed) Hatch; grandson of Timothy and Abigail (Porter) Hatch, and of Otis and Milicent (Hayden) Reed; greatgi-andson of Maj. Moses Porter of Pawlet, Vt.; and a descendant of Thomas Hatch, who, with his wife and two children, came from Kent county, England, in 1633-34 and was made a freeman. May 14, 1634. John Porter Hatch was graduated at West Point in 1845 and was as.signe<l to the 3d U.S. infantry as brevet 2d lieutenant. He was promr>ted 2d lieutenant and transferred to the mounted rifles. He was in Texas, 1845-46. and in Mexico, 1846-47
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where he was brevetted 1st lieutenant. Aug. 20.
1847, for Contreras and Churubusco and cap-
tain, September 13 for Chapultepec. He was
promoted captain, Oct. 13, 1860, brigadier-general
of volunteers, Sept. 28, 1861, and in December,
1861, commanded a brigade of cavalry at Annaj)-
olis, ^Id. He commanded the cavalrj' of Banks's
army in the Shen-
andoah valley, a
brigade of infantry at
Groveton, and the 1st
division, 1st army
corps, at the battle
of Manasstis, Aug.
29-30, 1862, and un-
til alter the battle of
South IMountain, Md.
He was brevetted
major, U.S.A., for
gallant and merito-
rious service at Ma-
nassas, Va , wiiere
he was wounded.
He was brevetted
lieutenant-colonel and awarded a medal of honor
for South Mountain, Md., Sept. 14, 18G'2, where
he was severely wounded and unable to rei)ort
for duty till Feb. 18, 1863. He was made major
of the 4th U.S. cavalry, Oct. 27, 1863, was in the
department of the South and commanded at the
battles of John's Island and Honey Hill, S.C.
He commanded the coast division under and co-
operative with General Sherman on his march
through North Carolina, covering the right flank
of his army until the evacuation of Charleston by
the Confederates. He commanded the nortiiern
district, department of the South, with head-
quarters in Charleston, S.C, from February to
August. 1865; was on duty in the west, 1865-81,
and was promoted colonel of the 2d U.S. cavalry,
June 26, 1881. He was brevetted colonel and
brigadier-general in the regular service and
major-general in the volunteer service, March 13,
1865. and was retired, Jan. 9, 1886. by operation
of law. He made bis home in New York city.
He died in New York city. April 12. 1901.
HATCH, William Henry, representative, was born in Scott county, Ky . Sept 11, 1833; son of Dr. William and Mary Reed (Adams) Hatch: grandson of Samuel and Mary ((lilman) Hatch of Exeter, N.H., and of Dr. Sanniel and Abigail (Dodge) Adams, descendants of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., 1630. He was educatetl at Georgetown and Lexington. Ky.; was admitted to the bar in September, 1854, and practised in Hannibal, Mo. He was electeil circuit attorney of the .sixteenth judicial circuit of Missouri in October. 1858, and re-elected in 1860. He was '■onnnissioned captain in the Confederate army
