U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Hiram Haskell
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Minnesota
Regiment Name: 1 Minnesota Infantry.
Regiment Name Expanded: 1st Regiment, Minnesota Infantry
Company: B
Rank In: Private
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Minnesota Civil War Soldiers
about Hiram Pvt Haskell
Surname: Haskell
Given Name and Rank: Hiram Pvt
Age: 44
Induction Date: 30 Jul 1861
Regiment: I SECOND
Birth Place: Maine
Town of Residence: Minneapolis
County of Residence: Hennepin
State of Residence: Minn
Notes: TRANS. TO VETERAN RESERVE CORPS 28/APR/1864
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U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 about Hiram Haskell
Name:Hiram Haskell
Birth Year: abt 1813
Keyed Birth Location: Maine
Birth State: Maine
Admitted Year: 1882
Age at Admission:69
State: Wisconsin
County: Milwaukee
[Washington]
City:Milwaukee
[Wood]
Branch:Northwestern Branch
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U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019
Name: Hiram Haskell
Death Date: 22 Aug 1895
Cemetery: Wood National Cemetery
Notes: PVT US Army
Sun (Baltimore, Maryland)
December 29, 1907Mrs. Mary E. Haskell, mother of Gen. H. L. Haskell, United States Army, died yesterday at the Church Home Infirmary. Mrs. Haskell was 94 years old and her death was caused by general debility. She has been at the home about 18 years, but the last few years there has been a marked change for the worse in her condition.
Born in Bangor, Maine, she lived in New York after her marriage. After the death of her husband, at the solicitation of several of her son's friends in this city, she came here to the Church Home.
General Haskell is stationed at San Diego, Cal.
26818. General Harry Leland Haskell
Harry Leland Haskell was baptised as Hiram.
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The Boston Transcript
November 26, 1908:Brigadier Harry Leland Haskell, retired, who has died at San Diego, Cal., was born in Maine on September 24, 1840. He entered the Union Army in 1862 as a private in the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth New York Volunteer Infantry and rose to the rank of captain. He was mustered out in 1864, after having been wounded in the battle of Spottsylvania Court House, VA.
He was commissioned a captain in the Seventh United States Veteran Infantry in May, 1865, and was assistant provost marshal of Philadelphia. He was honorably discharged in April, 1866, and in August of the following year was appointed from California as a second lieutenant in the Twelfth United States Infantry.
He saw service in the South, on the Pacific Coast, in the Dakotas, and on the lake frontier. In 1888 he was made a captain, and in 1800 a major. When the Spanish-American war broke out he was serving in the Twelfth Infantry, and went to Cuba with his regiment. He became lieutenant colonel and later colonel. On Jan. 20, 1904, he was made a brigadier general, and the following day he was retired, at his own request, as he had served more than forty years. He afterward made his home at San Diego.
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The San Diego Sun
Oct. 26, 1908,Gen. Harry Leland Haskell, distinguished army officer, is no more. His death came yesterday at shortly after noon at his home, on the northwest corner or Fifth and Palm streets.
Gen. Haskell had seen forty years of service to his country. He enlisted as a volunteer in the Civil war and was retired at Fort Thomas, Ky., four years ago.Born in Clinton, Maine, Sept. 27, 1840. Gen. Haskell first had military service in 1860. He enlisted in a regiment at Troy, N.Y.; one of the first to go to the front. Both he and President McKinley served in Gen. Hancock's corps. The letter was adjutant of a division and the former of the first two brigades, formed by himself.
After the war Gen. Haskell was commissioned a second lieutenant in the regular army by Gen. Grant. For thirty-six years he served In the Twelfth Infantry, finally becoming a lieutenant-colonel in it. His regiment fought the Apaches in Arizona and the Indians of Idaho, Montana and the Dakotas, and participated in the capture and killing of Sitting Bull.
He was captain In the Twelfth when it went to Cuba during the Spanish-American war. He was commander of a battalion at the sharp of El Caney. Maj. Gen. John C. Breakenridge, inspector-general during the campaign, termed Capt. Haskell's conduct at that charge as heroic.
Gen. Haskell served twice in the Philippines. To 1903, he was made brigadier-general, placed in command of Fort Thomas, KY, and soon after retired. Than he and his wife came to San Diego.
The funeral will be held from the residence, when the Rev. Charles L. Barnes of St. Paul's returns. The body will be buried at San Francisco by the side of Mrs. Haskell's parents.
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The San Diego Sun
Oct. 27, 1908Deaths: HASKELL - In this city, October 25. 1908, General Harry Leland Haskell, husband of May F. Haskell of this city, a native of Clinton, Maine, age dated 68 years.
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U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019
Name: Henry L Haskell
Death Date: 25 Oct 1908
Cemetery: San Francisco National Cemetery
Notes: BRIG GEN US ARMY
He was mustered 30 April 1861, Waterville, Maine; detailed clerk, AGO; promoted Sgt Major 13 March 1862; disch 22 July 1862 by reason of promotion to Adjutant; awarded Congressional Medal of Honor on 28 Nov 1898 "for most distinguished gallantry in action at Fair Oaks, Virginia" (date of action 1 June 1862. Citation not found in military record; found in Smithsonian Records and War Dept Notation of 16 Dec 1862 by Col. Sewall; also Official Records 21, Chap XXXIII, p 270); honorable discharge for disability 29 March 1864 (remittent fever and diarrhea of long standing). He died 9 October 1903, Kalispell, Montana of pneumonia (also had perforated gastric ulcer); buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine. She d. 13 Sept 1936, Waterville, Maine. No children
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Civil War Pension File
Widow application # 798407, Cert # 581905
Enlisted April 30, 1861.
Mustered in June 4, 1861, Company G, 3rd Maine Infantry as private.
Transfered to 19th, Maine Inf. Volunteers on July 18, 1862.
Commisioned as adjutant July 24, 1862.
Mustered out February 1864.
Frank was born in Benton, Kennebec, Maine. aged 18, blue eyes, brown hair.
Frank died October 9, 1903
Frank and Sarah were married December 15, 1869
13189. William McClellen Haskell
American Civil War Soldiers
Name: William Haskell
Enlistment Date: 4 Sep 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Pennsylvania
Service Record: Enlisted as a Chaplain on 4 September 1862.
Commission in Company S, 136th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 4 Sep 1862.
Resigned Company S, 136th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 23 Dec 1862.
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Civil War Pension File
Invalid application # 546926, nor cert
Widow application # 491478, cert # 315164
William died February 8, 1890
William married Sarah Lavisha November 19, 1846
Sarah died May 3, 1910
Henry Charles Haskell, son of William and Abigail (Clark) Haskell, was born at Anson, Maine, Dec. 28, 1835. He prepared for college at Oberlin, Ohio, Academy and Hinsdale, Mass., Academy and was graduated from Williams College in the class of 1859; from Andover Seminary in 1862.He was ordained at South Deerfield, Mass., Aug. 13, 1862, as missionary of the A. B. C. F. M. to European Turkey. He was in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1862-63; Philippopolis, 1863-70; and at Eski Zagra, 1870-72. Returning to this country, he was in 1874 released from his connection with the Board, and remained here fifteen years making a home for Mrs. Haskell's mother.
He was pastor at Huntington, O., 1873-75; High St. church, Columbus, 1875-77; North Amherst, 1877-81; Harmar (Marietta), 1881-87. He was then reappointed by the American Board, returned to Turkey and was stationed at Samokov, 1887-1902, being principal of the American Collegiate and Theological Institute, 1890-98, part of the time also trustee. From 1902 until 1911 he was in Philippopolis. In that year he visited this country and found it imprudent on account of ill health to return to the field; he therefore resigned in 1912 and since then lived in Oberlin, Ohio.
He received the degree of D.D. from Marietta College in 1888. He published numerous books and pamphlets while on the mission field. He married at South Deerfield, on the day of his ordination, Aug. 13, 1862, Margaret Henderson Bell, daughter of Samuel Franklin and Hannah Minerva (Crowell) Bell of Rhinebeck-on-the-Hudson, N. Y. They had three children, all living. Dr. Edward B. Haskell is a missionary in Salonica, and Mary M. Haskell, in Bulgaria.
He died in Oberlin, O., March 29, 1914, of pyelitis, aged 78 years,
Mary Minerva Haskell was a missionary in Bulgaria with the American Mission. She was unmarried.
Unknown newspaperMilo R. Smith, father of M. D. Smith, oif Fifth streer, W. M. and Frank A. Smith, died Monday afternoon at the residence of his son Mason D. Smith. He will be buried in Huntington, O., where he formerly lived.
13194. Charles Enoch Haskell Clark
Charles Enoch Haskell was adopted by his uncle and changed his surname to Clark.
13197. Joseph Theodore Haskell
Joseph Theodore Haskell was a Civil War veteran and a distinguished lawyer in the Wellington, Ohio, area. He served two terms in the Ohio State legislature.