Hatch's Battalion, Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Hatch's Battalion, Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry


caption=Flag of Minnesota
dates= July 25, 1863 to June 22, 1866
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Cavalry
equipment=
colonels_of_the_regiment=
battles= None

Hatch's Battalion, Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry Battalion that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The battalion was mustered in at Fort Snelling and St. Paul, Minnesota between July 25, 1863 and September, 1863. An additional two companies were raised in 1864. The battalion was originally assigned to Pembina, Dakota Territory and remained there until May 1864 when it was moved to Fort Abercrombie and other small posts until mustered out two years later.

Commander

*Major E.A.C. Hatch - September 30, 1863 to June 1864
*Lt. Colonel C. Powell Adams - July 15, 1864 to June 22, 1866

Casualties and total strength

Hatch's Battalion, Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry lost no men killed in action or died of wounds received in battle and 21 enlistedmen died of disease. Total fatalities were

21. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmncav.htm]

References

*cite book
last = Andrews
first = General Christopher Columbus, ed.,
title = Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars
publisher = Pioneer Press
date = 1891

*cite book
last = Jones
first = Robert Huhn
title = The Civil War in the Northwest
publisher = University of Oklahoma Press
date = 1960

External links

* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmncav.htm The Civil War Archive Website]

ee also

*List of Minnesota Civil War Units