Patent 206174 - William Haskell - Improvement in pencil sharpening devices
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U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938
Name: William Haskell
Birth Year: abt 1841
Keyed Birth Location: N.H.
Birth State: New Hampshire
Admitted Year: 1911
Age at Admission: 70
State: California
County: Los Angeles
City: Sawtelle
Branch: Pacific Branch
Enlisted September 15, 1861, Indianaplos, Indiana, 32nd Indiana Infantry.
Discharged Janary 13, 1862, Louisville, Kentucky
1911: personal history, age 70, 5' 5", blue eyes, gray hair, Protestant, bookkeeper., wife Christine E. Haskell
American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Marcus Haskell
Residence: Chelsea, Massachusetts
Occupation: Pressman
Enlistment Date: 7 Aug 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Massachusetts
Birth Date: 12 Feb 1843
Death Date: 29 Oct 1925
Death Place: Centerville, Massachusetts
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 7 August 1862 at the age of 19.
Enlisted in Company C, 35th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 18 Aug 1862.
Mustered Out Company C, 35th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 9 Jul 1865.
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U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
Name: Marcus M Haskell
Residence: Chelsea, Massachusetts
Occupation: Pressman
Age at enlistment: 19
Enlistment Date: 8 Jul 1862
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Massachusetts
Was Wounded?: Yes
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, Massachusetts 35th Infantry Regiment on 18 Aug 1862.
Mustered out on 09 Jul 1865.
Birth Date: 12 Feb 1843
Death Date: 29 Oct 1925
Death Place: Centerville, MA
_____Congessional Medal of Honor
This is to certify that Marcus M. Haskell was enrolled on the seventh day of August 1862 to serve three years, and was discharged on the ninth day of June 1865, by reason of muster out of company, while holding the grade of Sergeant, in Compancy C, Thirty-fifth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteeer Infantry, that a medal of honor was awarded to him on the twelfth day of November 1896, for distinguished gallantry in the battle of Antietam, MD, September 17, 1862, where although wounded and exposed to a heavy fire from the enemy, when about to retreat from a position which his command had abandoned, he discovered a badly wounded comrade, whom he rescued at the risk of his life and succeeded in conveying to a place of safety.
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Invalid application # 117766, cert # 79462
Enlisted August 6, 1962
Discharged June 9, 1865
Wounded at Antietem, September 17, 1862
Gunshot wound left hand North Anna River, Virginia, May 24, 1864
Wound to top of head at Weldon Railroad, Virginia, August 21, 1864 (resulted in loss of left eye)
Wound to back of the neck at Polplar Grove Church, Virginia, September 30, 1864
Gunshot wounded left leg, Fort Sedgwick, Virginia, April 2, 1865
Married Rosetta Jane Small, October 5, 1865.
Children
George Marcus Haskell, born May 1, 1866
Charles Ahel Haskell born Januay 17, 1870, died December 8, 1875
Arthur Lincoln Haskell born March 1, 1872, died November 26, 1875