Llewellyn Frost Haskell (born Thomas Frost Haskell; October 8, 1842 – November 26, 1929) was a Union Army officer during the

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Early life

Haskell was born in

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on October 8, 1842 as Thomas Frost Haskell. His father was Llewellyn Solomon Haskell, druggist, landscape gardener and founder of

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. Around 1862, his father requested he change his first name to Llewellyn for family reasons after joining the army. His name change was later ratified by an 1873 act of the legislature of the State of New Jersey. Records from his service use both names.

Career

Haskell was receiving his education in

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when he decided to return in 1861, and enlisted in the

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as a

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. He fought at the

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where he sustained slight wounds and sunstroke. He later served as second Lieutenant Colonel in the 5th Missouri Volunteer Infantry and the 27th Missouri Volunteer Infantry building forts. He also served as an aide to General

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at the

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and General Henry Prince at the

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(also known as Slaughter's Mountain), where he was severely wounded in the thigh by a

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. Haskell was the only member of General Prince's staff to escape with his life; he was hospitalized for four months after the battle. In October, 1863, he was made Lieutenant Colonel of the 7th United States Colored Infantry and later promoted to the command of the 41st United States Colored Infantry, both colored regiments under the

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. With the 41st USCT, Haskell engaged in the

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and Appomattox Campaign and was present at the surrender of Confederate General

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and the

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at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. By the end of the war, he had risen to the rank of Brevet Brigadier General of volunteers.

Later life

After the war, he helped his father develop Llewellyn Park and later settled in

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in 1877, where he engaged in furniture manufacturing and in mining and oil development.

Personal life

On June 4, 1868, he married Emmeline "Emma" A. Gilmore (1849–1925) at Llewellyn Park, in an open air ceremony. The couple had two sons: * Llewellyn Thomas Haskell (1870–1961), who married Kate Ruth Howell in 1896. * Louis Olcott Haskell (1873–1954) He died in

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, on November 26, 1929, and his remains were cremated.

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