Colonel Frederick Lyman Hitchcock (1837-1924) was a lawyer, soldier and author. He was admitted to the Bar of Luzerne County in 1860 and practiced his profession until the Civil War. In 1862, he entered the army as adjutant of the One Hundred and Thirty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. In 1863 he was promoted to major, and commanded the regiment at Chancellorsville and then was upon his duties at once, organizing the Twentyfifth Regiment United States Colored Troops, at Philadelphia. In 1864 he was commissioned colonel, and served in the defenses at Fort Pickens and Pensacola, Florida, until 1865. He was elected the first clerk of the mayor"s court of the city of Scranton, in 1866. Then he entered into partnership with W. C. Dickinson, under the firm name of Dickinson & Hitchcock, in the crockery, china and glassware business, on Lackawanna Avenue. His works include: War From the Inside (1904) and History of Scranton and its People (1914). Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге War from the Inside (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) (Frederick L. Hitchcock)