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Civil War Soldiers - Haskin
| Haskin, Joseph A., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in New York in 1817. He was graduated at West
Point in 1839, being assigned to the 1st artillery, was in Maine on
duty incident to the border dispute, 1840-45; in Florida and Louisiana
in 1845-46, and in the Mexican war served under Gen. Scott from Vera
Cruz to the capture of the City of Mexico, losing an arm at the
storming of Chapultepec. He was subsequently on frontier and garrison
duty, becoming captain in 1851, and was in command of the arsenal at
Baton Rouge in 1861, when he was attacked by a vastly superior force
of Confederates and compelled to surrender the buildings and arms. He
subsequently served in Washington, at Key West, in command of the
Northern defenses of Washington, 1862-64, and then as chief of
artillery in the war department until 1866. He was promoted major in
1862, and in the same year lieutenant-colonel of staff; was promoted
lieutenant-colonel of the 1st artillery in 1866, and on March 13,
1865, was raised by brevet to the ranks of colonel and
brigadier-general U. S. A. He was retired from active service in 1872,
and died in Oswego, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1874. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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