John Porter Hatch

John Porter Hatch (1822–1901) was a career American soldier who served as general in the United States Army during the American Civil War. He received a Medal of Honor for gallantry in action at the September 1862 Battle of South Mountain during the Maryland Campaign.

John Porter Hatch in Fort Pillow
John Porter Hatch succeeded in taking Jackson, Tennesee from a Confederate garrison in 1863, but was driven out in 1864 by Nathan Bedford Forrest, who had taken the town from Union forces in 1862.