Particularly interesting correspondence pertains to a prisoner sentenced for being AWOL and his request to return home (May 13, 1865) an intoxicated soldier and a recommendation that he be reduced in rank (August 16, 1862) and a soldier's intoxicated wife (August 14, 1864). Subject matter generally pertains to recommendations for demotion and removal, summonses to courts martial, troop movements towards Goldsboro and back (March 31, 1865), requests for passes or parole, and various disciplinary matters. Hitchcock also served as secretary of the Staten Island Shore Railroad Company.Ĭorrespondence (1861-1870) is militarily oriented and originates in New York Suffolk, VA and North Carolina. By 1870 Hitchcock lived in New York City and was the chief clerk for the Richmond County Police in Edgewater, Staten Island, NY (1870-1874).
The troops were simultaneously transferred to the 99th New York Infantry. Hitchcock was commissioned in the United States Volunteers as brigadier-general. They were stationed in North Carolina (1863-1865) and resided at Camp Claassen at Bachelor's Creek near New Bern. The regiment left New York in 1862 to serve in Washington, DC, and in Norfolk and Suffolk, VA. Hitchcock was an officer of this regiment.
The 132nd Regiment of Infantry, New York State Volunteers, was commanded by Col.
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