Edward Hatch (December 22, 1832 – April 11, 1889) was a career

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during the

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. After the war, he became the first commander of the 9th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, a

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regiment with

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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

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

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in the

at the outbreak of the Civil War. He assisted in raising the

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, becoming its major in August 1861. A few weeks later, he was commissioned its lieutenant colonel. In June 1862 on the promotion of Colonel Washington L. Elliott to brigadier general, he was made the regiment's colonel. He served under General

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in the South. After commanding the entire cavalry

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in the

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, he was appointed and confirmed a

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in the spring of 1864. His gallantry in the field caused his further promotion to the rank of

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later in 1864. After the war, he transferred from the volunteer to the

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as colonel of the 9th U.S. Cavalry Regiment (1866). He succeeded General

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as commander of the

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(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

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, on April 11, 1889, and is buried in

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