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1247……..(Born
N.Y.)
John P. Hatch
(Ap’d N.Y.)……….17
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1840, to July 1, 1845,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 3d
Infantry, July 1, 1845.
Served: in the
Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-56; in the War with Mexico, 1846-47,
being engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, -- Battle of
Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846, -- Siege of
(Transferred to Mounted
Rifles, July 17, 1846)
Vera Cruz, Mar. 9-29,
1847, -- Skirmish of Puente del Medio, Mar. 24, 1847, -- Battle of Cerro
Gordo, Apr. 17-18, 1847, -- Battle of Contreras,
(Second Lieut., Mounted
Rifles, Apr. 18, 1847)
Aug. 19-20, 1847, --
Battle of Churubusco, Aug. 20, 1847, -- Battle of
(Bvt. First Lieut., Aug.
20, 1847, for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct
in the Battles of
Contreras and Churubusco, Mex.)
Chapultepec, Sep. 13,
1847, -- and Assault and Capture of the City of Mexico
(Bvt. Cap., Sep. 13, 1847,
for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct
in the Battle of
Chapultepec, Mex.)
Sep. 13-=14, 1847; as
Adjutant, Mounted Rifles, Nov. 1, 1847, to May 1, 1850; in garrison at
Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1848; on Recruiting service, 1848-49; on frontier
duty at Ft. Leavenworth (Camp Sumner), Kan., 1849, -- March to Oregon, 1849,
-- Oregon City, 1849-50, -- Acting Asst. Adjutant-General, Department of
Oregon, Oct. 3, 1849, to May 8, 1850, -- and at Ft. Vancouver, Wash., 1850;
on Recruiting
(First Lieut., Mounted
Rifles, June 30, 1851)
Service, 1851; in
garrison, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1851-52; on frontier duty at
Indianola, Tex., 1852, -- Ft. Merrill, Tex., 1852, -- Scouting, 1852, -- Ft.
Merrill, Tex., 1852-53, -- Ft. Ewell, Tex., 1853, -- Ft. Merrill, Tex.,
1853, -- Edinburg, Tex., 1853, -- and Ft. Merrill, Tex., 1853-54; on
Recruiting service, 1854-56; on frontier duty at Ft. Union, N. M., 1856-57,
-- Gila Expedition, 1857, being engaged against Mogollon Indians in a
Skirmish at the Canon de los Muertos Carneros, N. M., May 24, 1857, -- Ft.
Defiance, N. M., 1857-58, -- Navajo Expedition, 1858, being engaged in a
Skirmish ner Laguna Negra, N. M., Sep. 25, 1858, -- Ft. Defiance, N. M.,
1858, -- Scouting, 1858, -- Ft. Craig, N. M., 1858-59, -- Scouting, 1859, --
Ft. Craig, N. M., 1859-60, and at Albaquerque, N. M.
(Captain, Mounted Rifles,
Oct. 13, 1860)
1860-61, as Depot
Commissary; and as Chief of Commissariat, Department of New Mexico, May 23
to Aug., 1861.
Served during
the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861-66: in command of Brigade of
Cavlary
(Brig.-General, U. S.
Volunteers, Sep. 28, 1861)
at Annapolis, Md., Dec.
24, 1861, to Mar. 28, 1862, and of the Post, Feb. 7 to Mar. 28, 1862; in
command of the Cavalry of 5th Army Corps, in Operations in
Shennadoah Valley, Mar. 28 to July 29, 1862, being engaged in the Combat of
Winchester, June 26, 1862, -- and Retreat to the Potomac, June 26, 1862; in
the Northern Virginia Campaign, Aug. 1 to Sep. 2, 1862, being engaged in the
Combat of Groveton, Aug. 28, 1862, -- Battle of Manassas, Aug. 29-30, 1862,
(Bvt. Major, Aug. 30, 1862, for Gallant and
Meritorious Serves at the Battle of Manassas, Va.)
where he was wounded, --
and Battle of Chantilly, Sep. 1, 1862; in the Maryland Campaign, in command
of Division (Army of Potomac), Sep. 6-14, 1862, being engaged in the Battle
of South Mountain, Sep. 14, 1862, where he was severely wounded; on sick
leave of absence,
(Bvt. Lieut.-Colonel, Sep.
14, 1862, for Gallant and Meritorious Services
at the Battle of South
Maintain, Md.)
disabled by wound, Sep.
15, 1862, to Feb. 18, 1863; on Court Martial duty, Feb. 18 to July 28, 1863;
in command of Draft Rendezvous at Philadelphi9a, Pa., July 28 to Oct. 31,
1863; in command of Cavalry
(Major, 4th
Cavalry, Oct. 27, 1863)
Deport at St. Louis, Mo.,
Nov. 9, 1863, to Feb. 29, 1864; in command of District of Florida,
Department of the South, Mar. 28 to April 20, 1864, -- of Department of the
South, May 1-26, 1864, -- of District of Hilton Head, etc., Department of
the South, May 27 to Aug. 1, 1864, being in command of the forces operating
on John’s Island, S. C., July 1-10, 1864, including the Action of July 9,
1864, -- of District of Florida, Aug. 4 to Nov. 10, 1864, -- of Northern
District, Department of the South, Nov. 18-27, 1864, -- of Coast Division,
Department of the South, Nov. 29, 1864, to Feb. 26, 1865, being in command
at the Attack at Honey Hill, S. C., Nov. 30, 1864, and Action of Tullafinny
River, S. C., Dec. 9, 1864, afterwards under General Sherman’s orders,
co-operating with him while moving up the coast, participating in several
Skirmishes, -- and of District of Charleston, Department of South Carolina,
Feb. 26 to Aug. 26, 1865; at
(Bvt. Colonel, Mar. 13, 1865, for Gallant and
Meritorious Services during the Rebellion)
(Bvt. Brig.-General, U. S.
Army, Mar. 13, 1865, for
Gallant and Meritorious
Services in the Field During the Rebellion)
(Bvt. Maj.-General, U. S.
Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865, for
Gallant and Meritorious
Services during the Rebellion)
New York city, awaiting
orders, Aug. 26, 1865, to Apr. 16, 1866.
Mustered out of Volunteer
Service, Jan. 15, 1866.
Served: in
command of regiment, Department of Texas, May 9, 1866, to Jan., 1868; as
Acting Assistant Inspector-General of the District of Texas, Jan. 10 to May,
1868; as Superintendent of Mounted Recruiting Service, at Carlisle, Pa., May
16, 1868, to April 1, 1870; in command of Ft. Concho, Tex., June 9 to July
3, 1870; as Member of the Board for the purchase of Cavalry horses, Aug. 28
to Oct., 1870; in command of a battalion of regiment at Ft. Concho, Tex., to
Jan. 6, 1873; on duty at headquarters of the Department of Texas, Jan. 15 to
Sep. 8, 1873; in
(Lieut.-Colonel, 5th
Cavalry, Jan. 15, 1873)
(Transferred to 4th
Cavalry, Apr. 10, 1873)
command of regiment and
Ft. Clark, Tex., Oct. 1873, to Feb., 1875; on frontier duty at Ft. Sill, I.
T., Mar. 21 to June 12, 1875; in command of regiment, June 12 to July 21,
1875; on leave of absence, July 27, 1875, to Jan. 8, 1876; on duty in New
York city, to Apr. 17, 1876; as Member of Board on Army Supplies, Apr. 17 to
June 8, 1876; on leave of absence, June 8 to July 21, 1876; and in command
of Ft. Sill, I. T., Aug. 2, 1876, to Jan. 30, 1877, -- of Ft. Elliott, Tex.,
July 19, 1877, to Mar. 9, 1879, -- of Ft. Sill, I. T., to Mar. 28, 1880, --
and Ft. Elliott, Tex., to July 26, 1881;
(Colonel, 2d Cavalry, June
26, 1881)
on leave of absence, to
Dec. 9, 1881; in command of regiment and post of Ft. Custer, Mon., to Feb.
24, 1884, -- and of Ft. Walla Walla, Wash., Ter., to Dec. 3, 1885.
Retired from Active
Service, Jan. 9, 1886, he being 64 Years of Age. |
