Biographical Newspaper clippings, 1861-1930, Vol. 1

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COL FRANK A. HASKELL
HIS BRiLLiANT MILITARY RECORD.
A Courteous Gentlemen and Chival- -How His Coolness Saved the Day jurg—His iijhlleatli,
rjT a few daj's loss
ban thii'ty-ono years
ago, one of tlio truest
and grandest heroes
which tho Union had
enlisted in her ranks
unllinching-ly    met
death in vindication
of hcv noble cause.
Every  citizen  of  Wisconsin   recalls
with commendable pride   the  long list
of ft.s distinguished  soldiers, who gave
their services to  their country  during
' the four years prior to tbe day when the
¦great   Confederate   cbieftain. Ge.Qei'ai
Robert C. Lee, gavj un his sword to the
illustrious Grant at Appomallo.x on the
i)lh day of April, 1865—a day that must
1^3 O ^  <J\'0'' l^c memorable in the annals c^f the
     Republic—but it is doubtful, as long and
3^1 A     as distinguished as the list is, if one be 7—,¦ tound in the entire array who combined
all tho qualities of the courteous gentle¬ man and chivalrous soldier in a higher degree   than   that   of   Col.   Frank  A. Haskell of the 36th Wisconsin. -..,^_^^ .     Turning to the newspaper files of the ^HSB ' state Register of June, ]8()4, 1 iind this brief   announcement of Col.   HaskelTs death   preceding   a funeral   discourse -delivered upon the occasion  ot his fun¬ eral In this city:
"\\ hire connmiiidin;;- a brigiule in the assaoTt ui)oii the enemy's lines lit the Ixittlc ofthe CliickahoiDiny, near Kicbmond, Vii., uu the inorniiig ot Fridny, the ;!d of June, he was struck in the right temple Ijy a rebel sharpsliooter's bullet, and died in about three hours. His' body was tii ken in charfje by his young and faith¬ ful Orderly John N. Ford, who, though hiuiseli wounded in the head and left arm, jiersi'veml through all dilticnlties and brougjit it liome lo I'ortagc where, attended by a great cuncouise ot people, it was buried in Silver Lake cemetery. June Yi, IXIi-l."
Col Haskell vvas born at Tunbrldge, Vt., In 1828. He graduated at Dart¬ mouth College iu 1854 with distinguish¬ ed honors and came west in the fall. He located at Madison and entered the well known law firm of Orton, Atwood & Orton, tbe present honored Chief Justice of the state being one of the firm. He continued to resi^Je there and practiced law with Increasing success, until the rebellion broke out, when he entered the Union service as Adjutant of the 6th Wis, Vols., to which position he was appointed June 20,1861. Much of the excellent discipline for which this regiment was distinguish¬ ed was due lo his soldierly efforts during Its oi'j^anlzatlon. When Gen. John Gibbon took command of the famous Iron Brigade, of which the (itli Wis. was a part, Lt. Haskell was proisioted to the position of aid on his staff where he re¬ mained,serving temporarily on tbe staff's of Gens. Sumner, Warren and others, until February, 1864, when he was com¬ missioned by Wisconsin's war governor, your own distinguished citizen, James T. Lewis, as Colonel of the 36th Wis¬ consin Volunteers, an act vvhich vvas received with the highest satisfaction throughout the state, for Frank Has- kcll'.s fame as a soldier was then second to none of our gallant soldiers In the fleld. He had been through all the cam¬ paigns ot the Army ot the Potomac since tho Iron Brigade vvas organized, having taken part In reconnolsances at Orange Court House and Stephcnsburg, and skirmishes at Rappahannock Stat¬ ion and Sulphur Springs and the battles ot Gainesville, the Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericks¬ burg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. On all occasions he so acquitted himself as to receive the highest encomiums ot officers and men. Upon bis appointment to tbe Colonelcy I of the 36th Wis. he immediately return- \ ed to Wisconsin aud in about ten darya. ijiad JllledjjpJJiej^^lmentji^^    5£J,.^