Haskell, Joseph F. - Lieut Col

Lieut. Col. Joseph F. Haskell

Lieut. Col. Joseph F. Haskell, who was reported wounded in Friday's battle, has been singularly honored for meritorious conduct in his country's service. He was born in Ohio and appointed from that State Captain and Commissary of Subsistence of Feb. 10, 1863. On March 13, 1865, he was brevetted Major of Volunteers for meritorious services in his department during the war. He was again brevetted on April 2, 1866, Lieutenant Colonel of Volunteers for "faithful and zealous service in the Subsistence Department." On July 28 of the same year he began his service in the regular army, being appointed Captain in the Twenty-third Infantry. On Nov. 26, 1866, he received his third brevet commission, that of Colonel of Volunteers, and on Dec. 8 was honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, still retaining, however, his rank in the permanent establishment. His appointment as Major of the Twenty-fourth United States Infantry was made on June 28, 1892. He was advanced to his present grade as Lieutenant Colonel of the Seventeenth Infantry on Aug. 27, 1896.

The New York Times, New York, NY 5 Jul 1898, Sketches of the Lives of Some of the Leaders Who Dared the Foe in Cuba and Were Shot Down.