Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1798-1870

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Birth 1798-05-18
Death 1870-08-05
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Army officer and author.

From the description of Papers of Ethan Allen Hitchcock, 1810-1873. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78216510

Soldier and author. During the Mexican War, Hitchcock served in Zachary Taylor's army of occupation and as Inspector-General on Winfield Scott's staff.

From the description of Commentary on Winfield Scott's campaign in the Mexican War, [18--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84926698

From the description of Commentary on Winfield Scott's campaign in the Mexican War, [18--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702150207

Ethan Allen Hitchcock was born in Vergennes, Vermont in 1798. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1817 and was a career Army officer. He served in the Second Seminole War, the Mexican-American War, and the Civil War. A philosopher and scholar, he published several monographs, including Remarks Upon Alchemy and the Alchemists (1857), Swedenborg: A Hermetic Philosopher (1858), and Christ the Spirit (1860). His memoirs are collected in A Traveler in Indian Territory: The Journal of Ethan Allen Hitchcock (Cedar Rapids, Ia., The Torch Press,1930).

From the guide to the Ethan Allen Hitchcock collection on Indian removal, 1804-1896, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

Ethan Allen Hitchcock, grandson of the American patriot Ethan Allen, attended West Point in 1817 and spent most of his life thereafter in the U.S. military.

He served under General Taylor in the Mexican War and held administrative posts with the Union Army during the Civil War.

From the description of Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, letter, 1845. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23175331

Career army officer and author.

An 1817 U.S. Military Academy graduate born in Vergennes, Vt., Hitchcock served with distinction in various military assignments prior to his Jan., 1842, appointment as lieut. col. of the 3rd Infantry. Stationed at Fort Stansbury, Fla., Hitchcock was ordered in the fall of 1842 to reopen the Seminole War and to pursue, capture, and destroy the remnants of a fugitive Creek Indian band headed by the chief Pascofa. Exercising his belief that friendly negotiation was more effective than hostilities, Hitchcock dismissed two local volunteer companies and convinced the chief and his band to leave peaceably for Arkansas. Throughout his long army career, Hitchcock also studied philosophy, alchemy, and literature, and published several works on those topics.

From the description of Letters : Fort Stansbury, [Fla.], and Jefferson Barracks, Mo., to Samuel Hitchcock, Burlington, Vt., 1843 Jan. 15 - Sept. 20. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 34916750

Biographical Note

1798, May 18 Born, Vergennes, Vt. 1817 Graduated, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. 1824 1827 Instructor, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. 1829 Commandant of corps, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. 1833 Offered governorship of Liberia by American Colonization Society 1833 1836 Frontier duty, Fort Crawford, Wis. 1837 1840 Indian duty, Northwest 1841 1843 General duty, Florida 1846 Published, The Doctrines of Spinoza and Swedenborg Identified 1851 Published, Christ the Spirit 1855 Resigned from army 1857 Published, Remarks upon Alchemy and the Alchemists 1858 Published, Swedenborg, a Hermetic Philosopher 1862 Commissioner for Exchange of Prisoners 1865 Published, Remarks on the Sonnets, and Colin Clouts Commissary General of Prisoners of War 1866 Published, Notes on the Vita Nuova 1868 Married Martha Rind Nichols 1870, Aug. 5 Died, Sparta, Ga.

From the guide to the Ethan Allen Hitchcock Papers, 1793-1888, (bulk 1830-1865), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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  • Alchemy
  • Alchemy
  • Chemistry
  • Cherokee Indians
  • Choctaw Indians
  • Creek Indians
  • Creek Indians
  • Creek Indians
  • Creek War, 1836
  • Dakota Indians
  • Delaware Indians
  • Fortification
  • Fox Indians
  • Generals
  • Hermetism
  • Indian agents
  • Indian dance
  • Indian Removal, 1813-1903
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians, Treatment of
  • Iowa Indians
  • Kickapoo Indians
  • Manuscripts, American
  • Metaphysics
  • Meteorology
  • Mexican War, 1846-1848
  • Mexican War, 1846-1848
  • Military bases
  • Occultism
  • Ojibwa Indians
  • Omaha Indians
  • Osage Indians
  • Oto Indians
  • Pawnee Indians
  • Philosophy
  • Potawatomi Indians
  • Quapaw Indians
  • Sauk Indians
  • Scientific Method
  • Scientific publications
  • Seminole Indians
  • Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842
  • Seneca Indians
  • Shawnee Indians
  • Smithsonian Library
  • Soldiers
  • Soldiers
  • Winnebago Indians

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  • Fort Wayne (Okla.) (as recorded)
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  • Missouri (as recorded)
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  • Galena (Ill.) (as recorded)
  • Jefferson Barracks (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)
  • Fort Wayne (Ind.) (as recorded)
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