Edward Hatch (22 December, 1832 – 11 April, 1889) was an American soldier in the Civil War, born in Bangor. He was educated at the Norwich Military Academy (Vt.) and volunteered for service as a private in the Union army at the outbreak of the Civil War. He assisted in raising the Second Iowa Cavalry, of which he became colonel in June, 1862. He served under General Grant in the South, and after commanding the entire cavalry division in the Army of the Tennessee he was made brigadier general (1864). His gallantry in the field caused his further promotion to the rank of brevet major general (1864) and his transference from the volunteer to the regular army corps as colonel of the Ninth United States Cavalry (1866). He succeeded Gen. Gordon Granger as commander of the Department of Arizona (which included New Mexico) in 1876, negotiated a treaty with the Ute Indians in 1880, and became widely known as an Indian fighter.
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