Background
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen was born on May 18, 1798 in Vergennes, Vermont, United States. Son of Samuel and Lucy (Allen) Hitchcock.
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen was born on May 18, 1798 in Vergennes, Vermont, United States. Son of Samuel and Lucy (Allen) Hitchcock.
Graduated from the United States Military Academy, July 17, 1817.
Commissioned Captain United States Army, 1824. Assistant instructor United States Military Academy, 1824-1827, commandant cadets, 1829-1833. Acting inspector general in General Gaine’s campaign, 1836.
Commissioned lieutenant colonel, 1842. Served in Mexican War. Inspector general United States Army.
Colonel in command Military Division of Pacific, 1851-1854. Military adviser to President Lincoln, 1861-1865. Commissary general of prisoners of war, 1865.
Called the “pen of the army” works include: Remarks on Alchemy and Alchemists, 1857. Swedenborg, a Hermetic Pilosopher, 1858. Christ, the Spirit, 1860.
Red Book of Appin and Other Fairy Tales, 1863. Notes on the Vita Nuova of Dante. Edited The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 1865.
Married Martha Nicholls, 1868.