U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: H.S. Rhett
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: South Carolina
Regiment Name: 11 South Carolina Reserves (90 Days, 1862-3)
Regiment Name Expanded: 11th Regiment, South Carolina Reserves (90 days 1862-63)
Company: K
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
State
October 13, 1913Beaufort, Oct. 12, - Mrs. R. M. [sic] Rhett, one of Beaufort�s oldest and most beloved women, died here late Thursday evening at her residence on Craven Street, after an illness of some time. Mrs. Rhett. Who was born and reared in Beaufort, and who has been living here all her life, was 90 years of age.
She is survived by one daughter, Miss Sadie Rhett, of Beaufort, three sons, J. M. Rhett of Beaufort, Bob Rhett of Ladies Island and W. H. Rhett of Chicago, and a number of grandchildren and other relatives.
Thomas Grimke Rhett was born August 2, 1821 in Charleston, S.C., the son of James Smith Rhett (1797-1855) and Charlotte Haskell Rhett (1794-1871). On June 10, 1846 he married Ann Graham Mason, the daughter of Thompson Francis Mason (1785-1838). Rhett graduated from West Point in 1845 and served in the Mexican-American war where he was promoted to first lieutenant in April 1846 and brevet captain in September following the defense of Peubla, Mexico. After the war he was assigned to a succession of posts, including Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory (Wyoming), 1849-1852; Corpus Christi, Texas, 1852-1855; Fort McIntosh, Texas, 1855; Fort Fillmore, New Mexico, 1857; Fort Union, New Mexico, 1858; Fort Bliss, Texas, 1859-1860. He was promoted to Major in 1858 and served as an army paymaster. In 1861 he resigned and joined the Confederate army, was commissioned a major and served in various posts throughout the war. After the war, in 1870, Rhett served as a colonel of ordinance for the Khedive of Egypt. He died in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 28, 1878.
Source
Biographical notes from The Gunston Hall Plantation (http://www.gunstonhall.org/library/rhett_papers.htm)
Dr. Benjamin Rhett was a surgeon with the Confederate army.
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U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Benjamin Rhett
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Confederate Troops
Regiment Name: General and Staff Officers, Corps, Division and Brigade Staffs, Non-com. Staffs and Bands, Enlisted Men, Staff Departments, C.S.A.
Rank In: Assistant Surgeon
Rank Out: Surgeon
Roland Smith Rhett was employed in the oil business
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Sun (Maryland)
July 9, 1898Major Roland Rhett, a member of the distinguished South Carolina family of the name, died at his home, No. 96 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn on Wednesday. He was sixty-seven years old. He held the office of quartermaster in Columbia, S.C., during the civil war, with the title of major in the Confederate Army. He was a member of the Southern Society of Brooklyn, and of the Aztec Club of Manhattan. A widow and ten children survive him.
New York Times
July 19, 1919
Rhett - At her home, 15 Clark St., Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jun 18, Julia Lowndes, widow of the late Roland Rhett, in her 87th year.
New York Times
September 8, 1930RHETT - Julia Lowndes, on Sept. 6, daughter of the late Rowland Rhett and Julia Lowndes, Brisbane, at Bedford, Va.
New York Times
December 9, 1919
Rhett - On Dec. 4, after a lingering illness, Roland S. Rhett, at Medford, Va., beloved husband of Minnie Sibley, Charleston, S.C., and Elizabeth, N.J., papers please copy.
Times Picayune
December 20, 1913News has been received in New Orleans of the death in New York on Dec. 12 of Mr. Edward Lowndes Rhett, descended from the famous South Carolina family of that name, at his home, 45 East Eighty-second Street, Manhattan. He was a well-known in Brooklyn, being a member of the Crescent Athletic and the Dyker Heights Golf Club of Manhattan. He was born in Baltimore, Md., was in his fortieth year, had lived in New York for twenty-five years and was the vice president of the Federal Utility Company of 60 Broadway. He leaves a widow, Frances Fairfax, descended from the Fairfax family of Virginia.
His parents were Roland and Julia Lowndes Brisbane Rhett, and he leaves six brothers, three of whom are in New York and three are in the South.
He was appointed on January 28, 1862 lieutenant and aide-de-Camp to Brigadier General Maxcy Gregg. His commission was vacated December 15, 1862, but he remained on duty.
He was appointed as lieutenant and aide-de-camp to Brigadier General Samuel McGowan.
He was later commissioned as captain and assistant adjutant general.
On December 5, 1864 he was assigned to Major General Richard H. Anderson's staff where he served until the surrender at Appomattox.
Source: Tom Haskell, former chairman of Haskell Family Association
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Langdon Cheves Haskell served first on the staff of General Maxcy Gregg, later on that of General A. P. Hill, and surrendered at Appomattox as captain on the staff of "Fighting Dick" Anderson, of his own state.
Source
Belles, Beaux, and Brains of the Sixties
By Thomas Cooper De Leon (1839-1914)
Published by G.W. Dillingham Co., New York
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Pine Bluff Commercial News
November 22, 1882An estimable citizen, by the will of an all wise providence has been taken away from our community. Langdon Cheves Haskell has been called away. A man who has ever bourn the high character of gentleman in all the vicissitudes of fortune that have fallen on the people of the south. Born of an illustrious and historical family, he exemplified their virtuous patriotism in all their conduct. A descendant of Langdon Cheves, of South Carolina whose memory is dear to every friend of southern feeling and lover of constitutional freedom. He bore his share in the troubles of the mournful past of our beloved southern land manfully, and in the hour that tried mens souls, was never found wanting. What more can we say. Our loss from the purity of his character is his gain, and we believe the spirit, that contended so manfully for right is now resting in happy pleasures of the future life, promised. To his bereaved widow and children, we offer our sincere condolence.
Lewis and Aleta Haskell had no children.
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Extracted from The State, published January 10, 1910Lewis Haskell is appointed by President Taft us United States Counsul at Santa Cruz, Mexico, in January 1910. He tendered his resignation as Lieutenant Commander of the Second South Carolina Regiment.
Colonel Haskell is a graduate of the Citadel academy with military distinction; was commandant of a military school at Milledgeville, Ga.; member of the staff of Gov. W. Y. Atkinson; and secretary of Gen. James Longstreet when the latter was a member of the United States railroad commission. Mr. Haskell came to Columbia to practice law about 10 years ago.
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Extracted from The State, published September 19, 1915Lewis was assigned as Counsel to Geneva, Switzerland.
8133. Alexander Cheves Haskell
Alexander Cheves Haskell
Haskell was born in Abbeville County and raised in Columbia, where he graduated second in his class from South Carolina College right before the start of the American Civil War.
He enthusiastically volunteered for service in the Confederate Army and was mustered in the First Regiment of the South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, serving as an Assistant Adjutant General for Maxcy Gregg. Enroute to Virginia in September 1861 for action in the Eastern Theater, Haskell married Rebecca Coles Singleton in Charlottesville. She died on October 26, 1862, after the birth of a daughter six days earlier.
The First South Carolina Regiment initially saw significant action in 1862 at the Seven Days Battles and would play a major role in the Second Battle of Bull Run by repulsing six Union assaults. On May 27, 1864, Martin Gary promoted Haskell to Colonel and placed him in charge of the 7th SC Cavalry in the brigade formerly commanded by Wade Hampton III.
Haskell was injured four times in the war, at the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Cold Harbor and Darbytown Road. It was at Darbytown Road where he was most seriously injured after suffering a shot to the head and losing the function of his left eye, but he managed to recover in time to participate in the Appomattox Campaign. Haskell was appointed by General Lee to surrender the Confederate cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia at the Appomattox Court House on April 12, 1865.
After the war, Haskell practiced law in South Carolina and was chosen in 1876 to be the chairman of the state Democratic party Executive Committee. His efforts were instrumental in the gubernatorial election by uniting the party for the straightout cause to redeem the state from Radical Republican rule during Reconstruction. Governor Wade Hampton rewarded him for his dedication and fervor by having Haskell placed on the state supreme court in 1877. In the 1880s, Haskell became the president of the Columbia and Greenville Railroad.
Haskell and conservative Democrats were bitterly opposed to Ben Tillman's candidacy for governor in 1890. Tillman was an uncouth demagogue who expressed his opposition to everything favored by the conservatives and further irritating Haskell was that while both men lost the function of an eye, Haskell courageously continued to serve in the Confederate army while Tillman dodged service. Failing to beat Tillman at the state Democratic convention, Haskell led a straightout Democratic ticket in the general election and even appealed for votes from blacks and Republicans. Many in the state refused to vote for anyone other than the official Democratic candidate out of fear of giving Republicans another chance at state government and thus the Haskell ticket fared poorly.
Until his death on April 13, 1910, Haskell was serving as the vice president of National Loan & Exchange Bank of Columbia. He was buried in Columbia at Elmswood Cemetery.
Reference
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miss Rebecca Singleton was a dainty and lovely, but high-spirited, daughter of that famed old name. In the still hopeful June of 1861 Mrs. Singleton and her daughter were at the hospital at Charlottesville, crowded so that Mrs. Chesnut (as her diary tells) took the young girl for her roommate.
She was the worst in love girl I ever saw," that free chronicler records. Miss Singleton and Captain Haskell were engaged, and he wrote urgently for her consent to marry him at once. All was so uncertain in war, and he wished to have her all his own while he lived. He got leave, came up to the hospital, and the wedding took place amid bright anticipations and showers of April tears. There was no single vacant space in the house, so Mrs. Chesnut gave up her room to the bridal pair.
Duty called; the groom hurried back to it the day after the wedding. That day one year later the husband was a widower, with only the news from his far-away baby girl to solace the solitude of his tent.
Source
Belles, Beaux, and Brains of the Sixties
By Thomas Cooper De Leon (1839-1914)
Published by G.W. Dillingham Co., New York
Mary Haskell received her A.B. from Wellesley College, Massachusetts. She served as principal of the Cambridge-Haskell School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The love letters of Kahlil Gibran and Mary Haskell Minis have been published in Beloved Prophet. As patroness of artist / author / poet, Kahlil Gibran, Mary Elizabeth Haskell inherited many of his paintings, which were donated to the Telfair Museum in Savannah, Georgia, upon her death. Mary Haskell Minis is buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Gilmer-Minis Lot #662, Savannah, Georgia.
Source
MINNIS & Variants, a Collection of Similar Surnames
RootsWeb.com WorldConnect by Lee Minnis:
Jacob Florance Minis and Louisa had no children.
John Cheves Haskell was born in 1841 and grew up on the plantation that his father had purchased from Major Starke. The family lived in the Starke House until 1844 when the "new house" was built. Summers were spent at "The Cabins," a few miles from the plantation, but on higher ground, free from malaria. The children were generally taught by a resident tutor until the boys were old enough to be sent off to various schools for further education.
Source
Family records and notes courtesy of Preston Hampton Haskell III
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John Cheves Haskell was educated at home until 1859, when he entered the South Carolina College. There he remained until 1860, when he enlisted in the Confederate army, and was appointed second lieutenant in Company H, Regular Artillery. In December, 1861, he was appointed an aide on General Joseph E. Johnston's staff, which position he held for only a short time.He was wounded at Gaines' Mill, which resulted in the loss of his right arm. In the battle of Fredericksburg, in December, 1861, his horse was shot under him, and in falling he was so injured that he was compelled to return to Richmond. In 1863, he was given the command of the North Carolina Artillery, and served under General D. H. Hill, during the winter campaign in that State.
He joined General Longstreet's Corps and was assigned to the command of a battalion, thus serving until the close of the war, having been in the meantime promoted to the rank of colonel.
Returning from the army, he married Miss Sarah, daughter of General Wade Hampton. Went immediately to Mississippi, where he engaged in the occupation of a planter for seven years. In 1877, he took up his residence in Columbia, and was soon after elected to the State Legislature. He has been elected several times since. He is practicing law in Columbia, and was counsel for several railroads, but gave up that line of practice, in 1890.
Reference
MEN OF THE TIME - Sketches of Living Notables, A Biographical Encyclopedia of Contemporaneous South Carolina Leaders
by J. C. GARL1NGTON - 1902, page 194
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Colonel Haskell left a memoir of his military service for his family which was published in 1960 under the title "The Haskell Memoirs".
8135. Capt. Joseph Cheves Haskell
When he gave up his sword at Appomattox he was captain and adjutant-general of the First Artillery Corps, on the staff of General E. P. Alexander.
Source
Belles, Beaux, and Brains of the Sixties
By Thomas Cooper De Leon (1839-1914)
Published by G.W. Dillingham Co., New York
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Note from Winthrop A. Haskell
Joseph Cheves Haskell was selected, on the death of Confederate President Jefferson Davis on 6 December 1889 in New Orleans, to go to the president's old home at Beauvoir, Mississippi, to obtain the Confederate flag to cover the president's coffin at the funeral.
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State
July 5, 1922Charleston, July 4, - The funeral of Capt. Joseph C. Haskell, who died in Atlanta, Friday night, was held here yesterday morning, with interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
Capt. Haskell was a gallant Confederate veteran and a business man widely known throughout the South. He died suddenly in his 79th year, and is survived by a son and a daughter, both of Charleston.
State
October 18, 1915Charleston, Oct. 17. - Mrs. Joseph Haskell died early today at her home here. She had been an invalid for some years. A son, Dr. John Haskell, died recently in Atlanta. Her husband, who survives her, is a brother to the late A. S. Haskell and J. C. Haskell of Columbia.
18521. Dr. John Cheves Haskell
John and Mary (Barnwell) Haskell had no children.
18522. William Thomson Haskell
William Thomson Haskell was unmarried.