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Submitted: 10/29/10 • Approved: 11/1/10 • Last Updated: 4/18/24 • R401628-G0-S3
Oct 19 1822 Monroe Co NY - Apr 28 1892 Van Buren Crawford Co
Oldest son of Theodore and Mabel Hubbell Hitchcock.
Married: 1. Martha Jane Hutchison 2. Deliser
Note: His military records show his name as Bethuel Hitch.
Enlisted in Company E, 14th Regiment, US Infantry, at Shawneetown, Gallatin Co, IL March 27, 1847. Achieved rank of Corporal during the Mexican War. Reenlisted Sept 9, 1862 as a recruiting officer at Ft Leavenworth. Early in 1863 he was commissioned a First Lieutenant
During the battle of Poison Springs, Arkansas, April 18,1864 he was captured and was listed as "prisoner of the enemy in Tyler TX". On May 27, 1865 he was exchanged. He was mustered out of service with his company Oct 1, 1865, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He was promoted in 1885 under an act of Congress approved June 3, 1884, to Captain, Co. G, 79th Reg., U.S. Colored Troops to take effect the 8th day of July 1865.
Contributed on 10/29/10 by tslundberg
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