Hawley, Joseph Roswell

Life Span
to
    Full name
    Joseph Roswell Hawley
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Slave State
    Education
    Other
    Other Education
    Hamilton College, NY
    Occupation
    Politician
    Military
    Attorney or Judge
    Journalist
    Relation to Slavery
    White non-slaveholder
    Political Parties
    Republican
    Government
    US Senate
    US House of Representatives
    Governor
    Military
    Union Army

    Joseph Roswell Hawley (American National Biography)

    Scholarship
    Although he was an able journalist, a gifted orator, and a talented party organizer, Hawley failed to win prominence as governor, congressman, or senator. His major contributions as a lawmaker were to strengthen the regular army and to help shape the nascent Civil Service Commission. He left a larger mark as a regimental, brigade, and division leader during the Civil War. His devotion to duty and his fearlessness under fire won the respect of his troops, but his impulsiveness and hypercritical nature involved him in feuds with several superiors. Antagonists included West Pointers, such as Henry W. Benham and Quincy A. Gillmore, as well as political generals, including Butler, whom Hawley threatened to beat up on at least two occasions.
    Edward G. Longacre, "Hawley, Joseph Roswell," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/05/05-00329.html.
    How to Cite This Page: "Hawley, Joseph Roswell," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/5857.