Ethan Allen Hitchcock | |
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Born | Vergennes, Vermont | May 18, 1798
Died | August 5, 1870 Sparta, Georgia | (aged 72)
Place of burial | |
Allegiance | United States of America Union |
Service | United States Army Union Army |
Years of service | 1817–1855 1862–1867 |
Rank | Major General |
Commands | Fort Stansbury 2nd Infantry Regiment Pacific Division Department of the Pacific |
Battles / wars | Seminole Wars Mexican–American War American Civil War |
Spouse(s) |
Martha Rind Nicholls
(m. 1868) |
Ethan Allen Hitchcock (May 18, 1798 – August 5, 1870) was a career United States Army officer and author who had War Department assignments in Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War, in which he served as a major general.