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Michael Hendrick Fitch
1837–1930
A Civil War veteran, frontier rancher, and prominent Pueblo businessman, he turned his wide-ranging experiences into histories, memoirs, philosophical works, and sketches of Western life. His writing offers a firsthand view of both the battlefield and the developing American West.
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The Chattanooga Campaign: With especial reference to Wisconsin's participation therein
by Michael Hendrick Fitch
About the author
Born in Lexington, Kentucky, on March 12, 1837, Michael Hendrick Fitch moved with his family to Ohio, studied at Clermont Academy and Farmers College, and was admitted to the bar in Cincinnati in 1860. He practiced law in Prescott, Wisconsin, before joining the Union Army during the Civil War, serving with the 6th and 21st Wisconsin Infantry and eventually rising to brevet colonel.
After the war, Fitch practiced law in Milwaukee before moving to Colorado for health reasons. He settled near Pueblo, where he ran a large stock-raising operation and later became active in banking, real estate, transportation, and civic development. He served as president of the Stockgrowers National Bank, helped promote Pueblo’s growth, and was appointed major general of the southern Colorado militia.
Beginning in his late sixties, Fitch devoted more time to travel and writing. His books include Echoes of the Civil War as I Hear Them, The Physical Basis of Mind and Morals, The Chattanooga Campaign, Universal Evolution, and Ranch Life and Other Sketches. He died in Pueblo on April 27, 1930, at the age of 93.