Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-04-22
!, N. NJ, MONDAY, APRIL %, 1901.
DEATH OF BRlGADIER GENERAL HATCH
He Was at One Time Commander of the
Army Post in This City.

Hatch died at his home in New York
last week. He had suffered for some
time from heart disease. He retired
early i'm the evening and was found
dead in bed about II o'clock.
1 General Hatch was born in Oswego,
n. Y, january 9, 1922, and was a des-
cendant of Major Moses Porter aide Gle
camp ON the staff of General Benedict
Arnold at the battle of Saratoga. His
ancestors came to this country in 1884
Genaral Hatch was graduated alt the
West Point MILITARY Academy, and was
appointed a lieutenant in. the Sd U. s.
infantry July /, 1S45. He reported for
duty with his regiment ait Corpus Chris
ii, under General Taylor, in October of
that year, and engaged in THE battle of
Palo Alto. He was one of the only two
surviving officers of Palo Alto, the 9TH
en- being General Lawrence V. Graham
of Washington.
He took part in every important bat
lie of the Mexican war, and especially
distinguished himself at Vera Cruz and
in the fighting before the City of Mex
ico, being breveted three times for gal
lantry. AIT the close of the Mexican
war, he was assigned to duty in New
Mexico, Geing post commander at San
ia Fe. in 1857 was sent against the
Apache Indians and in the next year
against tthe Navajos.
In 1859, with 25 men, General Hatch
escorted ithe governor of Missouri from
New Mexico. where he was visiting,
back to Missouri. their way lying
through the country of hostile Com
anches, who We're then fighting the gov
ernment
At the outbreak of the civil war, Gen.
eral Hatch was appointed brigadier
general of volunteers, and commanded
brigade in the first battle of Bull Run.
Subsequently, he commanded al division
in General Bankss army, and went with
him through the Shenandoah valley.
General "Stonewaill' Jackson, the ia
nous Confederate leader, in several of
his works has given credit to General
Hatch for saving Banks corps from an
inhalation on this expedition.
AT the second battle of Bull Run Gem
eral Hatch led "a charge against the
railmcad embankment behind which
were a large force of Confederates, and
was shot in the head. AT the battle of
South Mountain, Md, September A. '62,
where he commanded "a division, he was
shot i'm the leg after leading his own
soldiers, and fer his gallantry was
awarded gold medal by congress.
This wound compelled his retirement
from active service for five months, and
connection with recruiting until 1864,
when he was assigned to the Army of
the South. He took part iIn the opera
,tions against Charleston and with his
division occupied the city after it's fall.
He co-operated with General Sher-
man i'm his march to the sea- having
Charge of what was known as the
coast guard, a division of the army that
covered tthe extremes eastern flank of
Sherman's army. From that time ON
until THE close of the war he served
with Sherman, when he was sent first to
Texas and then Ito Montana, having
charge of several different government
posts and engaging i'm a number of
fights with the Indians.
He was retired under the age limit in
1886, and for the last ten years has lived
in New York His remains We're in1terr-
ed in Arlington cemetery. He is well
remembered by old timers in this city.
General Hatch was also am uncle of
Mrs. L. B. Prince. He leaves a widow,
a son. Mark B. Hatch of Washington,
and am unmarried daughter, who lived
with her parents.