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Carr Baily White (1823–1871) was a physician, an officer during the Mexican War and a general during the American Civil War. His Civil War service was entirely in western Virginia and Maryland.

White was born in Mason County, Kentucky, but moved to Ohio at a young age. where he attended Jefferson Medical College. During the Mexican War he enlisted as a private in the 1st Ohio Infantry. On February 1, 1847 he was promoted to captain in his regiment, and was mustered out of the volunteer service on June 14, 1847. When White was promoted to captain, it enraged 1st Lieutenant James P. Fyffe, who was passed over. Fyffe challenged White to a duel. Since General Zachary Taylor frowned upon dueling, they waited until the regiment was mustered out. White chose Ferdinand Van Derveer as his second. White and Fyffe met on an island while their transport refueled and fought with pistols. Both missed and the matter was then settled peacefully.[1] White returned home to serve as a physician.

When the Civil War began, White enlisted in the 12th Ohio Infantry, being chosen its lieutenant colonel. The regiment saw action its first at the battle of Carnifex Ferry in western Virginia. The colonel, John W. Lowe, was killed, and on June 28, 1861 White was made its colonel.[2] The 12th Ohio was attached to Jacob D. Cox\'s Kanawha Division at the Second Battle of Bull Run and during the Maryland Campaign. The regiment saw heavy fighting at Fox\'s Gap and fought again in the vicinity of Burnside\'s Bridge during the Battle of Antietam.

White and the Kanawha Division then returned to western Virginia, and the following spring White was given command of a brigade in the VIII Corps. From June to December, 1863 he commanded a brigade under Eliakim P. Scammon in the Department of West Virginia. During this time White helped organize a unit known as \"Spencer\'s Scouts\", after its first commander.[3] White and Spencer\'s Scouts operated against Confederate partisan and guerrilla leaders in western Virginia, especially those under John S. Mosby.

In April 1864, White took command of the 2nd Brigade in George Crook\'s division of the Department of West Virginia. He fought at the battle of Cloyd\'s Mountain. White\'s brigade was made up of green regiments and sustained heavy casualties in their first and only battle. White led the brigade during the following Lynchburg Campaign, though they saw no combat.

White was mustered on July 11, 1864 and received a brevet promotion to Brigadier General of U.S. Volunteers for his services at Cloyd\'s Mountain, dated March 13, 1865.[4]

White returned to Ohio, settling in Georgetown. He died there in 1871 at the age of 48.

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John Porter HatchJohn Porter HatchBornJanuary 9, 1822
Oswego,New YorkDiedApril 12, 1901(aged79)
New York City, New YorkPlace of burialArlington National CemeteryAllegianceUnited States of America
UnionService/branchUnited States Army
Union ArmyYearsof service1845 - 1886RankBrevetMajor General(Volunteer Army)
Colonel(Regular Army)Unit3rd U.S. Infantry, 1845-1846
Mounted Rifles 1845-1860
Union Army 1861-1865
4th U.S. Cavalry, 1864-1881
2nd U.S. Cavalry, 1881-1886Commands heldCavalry,V Corps
1st Division,I Corps
2nd U.S. CavalryBattles/wars

Mexican-American War
American Civil War

First Battle of Bull Run
First Battle of Winchester
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of South Mountain
Battle of Honey Hill

AwardsMedal of HonorHatch was awarded the ArmyMedal of Honorfor gallantry for his actions in the attack on Turner\'s Gap. His citation reads: \"Was severely wounded while leading one of his brigades in the attack under a heavy fire from the enemy.\"

John Porter Hatch(January 9, 1822 – April 12, 1901) was a careerAmericansoldier who served as general in theUnion Armyduring theAmerican Civil War. He received aMedal of Honorfor gallantry in action at the September 1862Battle of South Mountainduring theMaryland Campaign

Early life and career[edit]

Hatch was born inOswego,N. Y., a son of Moses Porter and Hannah (Reed) Hatch. He graduated from theUnited States Military Academyin 1845, ranking 17th in his class. He experienced his first active field service as asecond lieutenantin the3rd U.S. Infantryduring theMexican War. In May 1846, he served under GeneralZachary TayloratPalo AltoandResaca de la Palma. He was transferred later to serve underWinfield Scottin the Mounted Rifles. He wasbrevettedas afirst lieutenantfor gallant service in the subsequent battles ofContrerasandChurubusco, andcaptainfor bravery atChapultepec.[1]

When the war ended, Hatch was assigned to various posts on thefrontierof theOld West, as well as inOregon. He married Adelaide Goldsmith Burckle in 1851; the couple raised two children. In the next decade, Hatch participated in several expeditions againstNative Americantribes. He was promoted to the full rank of captain in October 1860 and served as the Chief of Commissary for the army\'s Department of New Mexico.

Civil War[edit]

Following the outbreak of theCivil War, Hatch was ordered to the East and assigned to thecavalryofGeorge B. McClellan. He was made abrigadier generalof volunteers on September 28, 1861. In December, he was assigned command of abrigadeofcavalrystationed atAnnapolis, Maryland, serving under GeneralRufus King. Hatch\'s brigade made a series of daring raids on enemy positions near theRapidanandRappahannockrivers. These raids gained his brigade the NicknameIron Brigade, which followed that brigade up until January 1863, long after Hatch had moved on.

In March 1862, Hatch assumed command of the cavalry of theV CorpsunderMajor GeneralNathaniel P. Banks. He served in theValley Campaignand fought at theFirst Battle of Winchester. In August of that year, after incurring the wrath of army commanderJohn Popefor two failed cavalry raids, he was reassigned to theinfantry. He commanded a brigade in theI Corps, assuming division command after Brig. GenRufus Kingfell ill with epilepsy the evening beforeSecond Bull Run. Hatch led the division there and at theBattle of South Mountain, where he got shot in the leg. He was brevetted as a major general of volunteers and subsequently received the Medal of Honor for his gallantry under severe enemy fire.

Hatch was disabled until February 1863, when he returned to light administrative duties, serving as a judge oncourts-martialand commanding the draft rendezvous atPhiladelphiain July. He then commanded the cavalry depot atSt. Louisduring the late summer and early autumn. On October 27, 1863, he was promoted to theRegular Armyrank ofmajorof the4th U.S. Cavalry.

In 1864, he was assigned to the Department of the South, where he had charge of the coast division. He was in charge of operations on John\'s Island, South Carolina, in July and led the Federal forces at theBattle of Honey Hillin November. He subsequently operated in cooperation with Major GeneralWilliam T. Shermanin the Georgia-Carolinas Campaign and took part in the attack onCharleston. Following the city\'s surrender, Hatch assumed military command of it from February to August 1865.

In the omnibus promotions following the war, he was brevetted from March 1865 both as a major general of volunteers dating and as a colonel in the Regular Army.

Postbellum career[edit]

Hatch stayed in the regular Army following the war, reverting to his regular rank of major. For the next twenty-six years, he again served on the frontier. He was promoted tolieutenant colonelin 1873. Eight years later, he became colonel of the2nd U.S. Cavalry. In 1881, while still a lieutenant colonel, Hatch was reassigned fromFort ElliottatMobeetieinWheeler County, much to the dismay of area residents. On July 4 of that year, the Wheeler County Commissioners Court authorized a resolution honoring Hatch for his service at Fort Elliott: \"He has proven himself at all times agreeable to the citizens of this section and willing to aid them as a community or as individuals whenever such aid has been required, and to the fullest extent of his power.\"[2]

Hatch was an officer too atFort ConchoinSan Angelo, Texas,Indian Territory,Montana Territory, and finally inWashington Territory.

He retired on January 9, 1886, and moved toNew York City. He received the Medal of Honor in 1893 in recognition for his service at South Mountain. Hatch was President of theAztec Club of 1847of New York and a member of the Oswego County Historical Society.

John P. Hatch died in New York City in the spring of 1901. He was buried with full military honors inArlington National Cemetery.[3]He was survived by his wife, Adelaide Burckle Hatch (1825-1919) and their children, Miss Harriet Hatch (1854-1929) and Mark Burckle Hatch (1856-1914).