Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-03
HICKENLOOPRR.
Steteh OfGeneaal HiekenIoOper.

family Of eight children. His father
was of German and his mother of
Irish extraction, but both were na-
tiyes Of this country.
The family moved from Hudson to
CiFcleVille, o., when Andrew was
| quite young, and from there to Gin
cinnati in I646. From Is46 to I849
be attended school, first at St. Xa-
vier College and old Woodward
l College.
In December, 1858, be entered
the Office of the city civil engineer,
| of Cincinnati, and followed this pu r
suit until the breaking out of the
rebellion; when he recruited an ar
tilery company, first known as Hlck-
enlOoper's Cincinnati Battery, after
wards as the Fifth Ohio Indepen-
dent Battery. This was raised un-
der the auspices of General Fremont,
and in October was taken to Jeffer-
son City, No. Here under special
Instructions from General Fremont
be was presently appointed COM
mSndant of artillery at that post.
In March, 1862. he returned to the
command of his battery, aud with it
was transferred to General Grants
army at Pittsburgh Landing, and
participated in the bloody battle
that soon followed, behaving so cred
/ itably as to call out the following
special mention in Gen. Prentiss' re-
port of that battle: "Capt. A.
Hickenlooper, of the Fifth Ohio Bat
terry, by his gallant conduct, COM
mended himself to general praise"
and three days after the battle, he
was appointed by General Mexican,
division commander of artillery.
He served in that capacity until
after the battlesof Iuka and Corinth,
when his conduct ELECTED the follow
ing special mention in the official re-
port of the latter battle: "Capt.
Hickenlooper, Fifth Ohio Battery,
and Chief of Artillery for this Divi-
sion, on this, as on former occasions,
showed himself a brave and skilful
officer" and having still further Sc
cured the confidence Of his superior
officers, he was on the 26th of Octo-
Der, 1852, ordered by General Grant
to report for staff duty to Gen. Nc
Pherson. He was made chief Of
ordinance and artillery, and in Febru-
ary when about to start down to
VicksbuEg, he was made Chief En-
ginesr Of the Seventeenth Army
C0rps. He was with his chief
throughout the mastery movements
BY which the besieging army was
planted in the rear Of the defenses
of Vicksburg, and won especial
praise after the battle of Champion
Hills, by the rapid construction of
q bridge of cotton bales across the
Big Black River, over which the
hurrying pursuit followed on the
heels Of Pemberton until he took
refuge within the dGfenses of Vieks-
burg, not to emerge except as q pa
rolled prisoner. The Chief Engineer
in his report said in regard to this
bridget
The ingenious eostructor Of this bridge,
Captain Hickenlooper. Chief Engineer on
General Nc Pherson's staff, has during
the brief but brilliant campaign, earned
for himself q most enviable reputation.
Throughout the siege Captain Hicken-
hooper conducted the engineer operations
in front Of the corps so well as to elicit
the warm approval of so competent an en-
gineer as Mcpherson himself. The ap-
Proaches were pushed up until some of
the lensmy's guns we're sileneeds and
mine, the first,imPOrtant one Of the war,
was run under the rebel work. .McPher-
son named one Of the forts Battery Hiek-
s4lOopeF," and mentioned him in official
reports and letters Of recommendation to
General Halleck. r-....
After the iall Of, Vieksburg, the Board
Of Honor Of the Seventeenth Corps, award
ed him the gold medal with the inscription
''Pittsbarg Landing, Siege of COrihth,
Iuks, COrinth, Port Gibson, Raymond,
Jackson, Champion Hills, Yicksburg."
When Mcpherson took command Of the
Army Of Tennessee, Captain HieksnloOp-
sr vas made Judge Advocate on
his staf, and q little later Chief Of
ARTILLERY for the Department and Army Of
the Tennessee. In this position he ae-
companied his chief through the Atlanta
campaign, After the death of MePher-
son, General Howard took command Of
the army, who was accompanied by his
own Chief Of ARTILLERY. HiokenlOOper
was, therefore, returned to his duties as
Judge Advocate, and made Assistant
Chef Of Artillery. From that he was re-
lisved at the request Of Gen. F. P. Blair,
to accept the position Of Assistant Inspee-
tor General Seventeenth Army Corps
which carried with it promotion 70 the .
rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In relieving
him from duty far this purpose General
Howard wrote: an relieving Captain
HickenlOoper the Major General eammand-
ing desires-to express his admirssiOn Of
the skill, eapaelty and energy displayed
By him in the discharge Of all the duties
dOvolYing upon him, and his confidence
and esteem tor him as gallant, efficient
and accomplished oficer. And while be
regrets the loss b his own stats, he can
but congratulate the corps which has seeur
Cd the services Of such soldier After the
campaign of the CarOlinas was nearly
over Col. Hickenlooper was made Brig
adler General of Volunteers, and succeed
ed General W. W. Belknap in the COM
msnd Of the oldest brigade in the Army
Of the Tennesse, composed of the Eleventh.
Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Iowa
Veteran Volunteers, with which he sery'
ed until the close Of the war, when he re-
turned to the practice OF his profession Of
civil engineering In the following year
he was appointed U. s. Marshal for the
Southern District Of Ohio.
He held the position Of U. s. Marshal
for over four years, when he resigned it
on the list of January, 1871, for the puT-
pose Of again entering upon the duties Of
his profession. Immediately amer his re
turn, however, he was appointed City
Civil Engineer, and entered upon the du-
Ties Of bis position on the list Of Nay,