field, mostly traveling with President Abraham Lincoln to inspect the Army of the Potomac. He also used his influence to protect the career of his younger brother, quartermaster Lt. Col. Reuben Hatch [died 1871], who was involved in the death of 1700 union prisoners on the Sultana. Hatch co-founded the Hannibal and Naples Railroad in 1863, which was later purchased by the Wabash Railway. Hatch declined re-election and retired from politics in 1865. After Lincoln was assassinated, Hatch traveled along the East Coast to procure funding for the Lincoln Tomb in Springfield. He founded a large farm in Sangamon County and became vice president and director of the Sangamon Loan and Trust Company. He founded the Hatch & Brother bank in Griggsville with his brother Isaac in 1870. Hatch died at his home in Springfield on March 12, 1893. Personal Hatch married Julia R. Enos, daughter of Pascal P. Enos, one of the co-founders of Springfield, in 1860. They had three children. References 1814 births 1893 deaths Illinois Republicans Secretaries of State of Illinois People from Hillsborough, New Hampshire People from Pittsfield, Illinois Illinois Whigs 19th-century American politicians Members of the Illinois House of Representatives People from Griggsville, Illinois