★ Hayes, Joseph

Joseph Hayes​

Born: September 14, 1835

Birthplace: South Berwick, Maine

Father: Judge William Allen Hayes 1783 – 1851

(Buried: Old Fields Cemetery, South Berwick, Maine)​

Mother: Susan Lord 1790 – 1870

(Buried: Old Fields Cemetery, South Berwick, Maine)​

Education:

1855: Member of the Harvard University Class​

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1862: Received Bachelor's Degree from Harvard University​

Occupation before War:

Banking Businessman in Wisconsin​

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Civil Engineer in Iowa​

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Real Estate Broker in Boston, Massachusetts​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Major of 18th​ Massachusetts Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 18th​ Massachusetts Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Served in the Virginia Peninsula Campaign​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Antietam, Maryland​

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1862: Charged Marye's Heights 3 times at Fredericksburg​

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1863 – 1864: Colonel of 18th​ Massachusetts Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Served in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia​

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1863: Served in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania​

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1863: Injured his leg at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania​

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1864: Wounded in the Skull at the Battle of the Wilderness​

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1864 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers​

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1864: Captured at Weldon Railroad, and Paroled​

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Selected to distribute Supplies to Union Prisoners in the South​

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1865: Brevetted Major General for his service in the War​

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1865: Commander of Advance Brigade in Pursuit of Lee's Army​

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1865: Present at the Surrender of Confederates at Appomattox​

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Declined an offer to be an Officer in the United States Army​

Occupation after War:

Miner in Colorado, and in South America​

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Broker in New York City, New York​

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President of a Coal Company​

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Suffered from his head wound in his late years of life​

Died: August 19, 1912

Place of Death: Private Sanitarium in New York City, New York

Cause of Death: Pneumonia and Bronchial

Age at time of Death: 76 years old

Burial Place: Old Fields Cemetery, South Berwick, Maine

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Joseph Hayes! Salutes remembering General Hayes on his birthday.

 

[Luke Freet]

Selected to distribute Supplies to Union Prisoners in the South

I'm guessing he was operating in the same vein as Brigadier Beall for the Confederates.

 

[Pollaco]

He was present at the battle of Antietam but his unit was one of the reserves.

 

[Dave D]

Apparently Hayes wrote a personal journal which included details of his units' activities during the Civil War; I have seen several citations which refer to the journal but indicate that it is held in the manuscript archives of the Library of Congress. I am researching the opening actions of the Battle of the Wilderness (5 May 1864) in which Hayes was commanding the 18th Massachusetts Infantry as they began a reconnaissance along the Orange CH Turnpike. His account of this movement is described as excellent but I can't find a transcription or scan of the Hayes journal on the internet.

The Library of Congress catalog doesn't list any manuscripts by Joseph Hayes although one of the cites describes that there are extracts of Hayes personal journal held within the papers of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. So, before I try to convince someone at the LOC to dig through the Chamberlain papers (all the time & expense that will take) I was wondering if anyone on CWT might have a copy of Hayes' journal or be able to point me to where they may be accessed on the internet.

Thanx.