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Photograph

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John P. Hatch, Bv't.-Maj. General

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Unknown

Date Created

1861-1865

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A half-body portrait photograph of Union Brigadier General John P. Hatch in uniform

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Half-body portrait photograph of General in uniform

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Photographic print

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Library of Congress

Library of Congress

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Brigadier General John Porter Hatch
(1822 - 1901)
Home State: New York
Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1845
Command Billet: Commanding Division
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 1st Division, I Corps
On the Campaign-He was then assigned to the Infantry and for a week was in command of General Joseph Hooker's I Corps until he was wounded at South Mountain, Maryland, on September 14. He said it was a "painful, though not dangerous, wound".

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