James Morrison Hawes

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James Morrison Hawes
2nd U.S. Dragoons
Commands heldChief of Cavalry,
Western Department (CSA)
Battles/warsMexican–American War

Utah Expedition
American Civil War
RelationsFather, Richard Hawes
Uncle, Albert Gallatin Hawes
Other workHardware merchant

James Morrison Hawes (January 7, 1824 – November 22, 1889) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Early life

James M. Hawes was born in

second lieutenant of dragoons.[3]

U.S. military service

census
, prior to Hawes's resignation from the US Army; his profession reads "Officer, U.S.A."

Upon graduation, Hawes was assigned to assist with the occupation of

first lieutenant.[5]

Following his service in the

U.S.-Mexican War, Hawes became an assistant instructor at the U.S. Military Academy.[3] Among the subjects he taught were infantry tactics, cavalry tactics, and mathematics.[3] In 1850, he studied advanced tactics at the Cavalry School of Saumur, France.[6] On his return to the United States in 1852, Hawes was stationed on the Texas frontier, served in the Utah expedition in 1857 and 1858, and helped put down disturbances in "Bleeding Kansas."[3]

On February 3, 1857, Hawes married Maria Southgate at Christ Church in

Cincinnati, Ohio.[6] The couple had 10 children.[6]

Confederate military service

With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Hawes resigned his position in the U.S. Army to accept a commission as a captain in the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry.[3] On June 16, 1861, Hawes was promoted to the rank of major, and ten days later was promoted to colonel.[3] He later resigned this position to be commissioned a major in the regular Confederate Army.[2]

Records show that Hawes participated in a charge on Charleston, West Virginia, on July 4, 1861, and helped defend a bridge on the Green River near Bowling Green on September 18, 1861.[6]

On March 5, 1862, Hawes was promoted to brigadier general at the request of Albert Sidney Johnston.[3] He became the cavalry commander of the Confederate Western Department.[3]

Following the

George W. Johnson was killed at the Battle of Shiloh, and the shadow government's legislative council chose Hawes' father Richard to succeed Johnson.[7]

He was dispatched to

defense of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and finished his Confederate military service in Galveston, Texas.[6]

Later life and death

Following the Civil War, Hawes and his wife returned to their destroyed home in Paris, Kentucky.[6] They relocated to Covington, Kentucky in 1866,[6] where Hawes became a hardware merchant.[3] He still resisted the family tradition of a political career, possibly because of improprieties committed by his brother, Smith Hawes, while he was city treasurer.[6]

Later in life, Hawes became known for decorating Confederate graves on Confederate Memorial Day.[6] Hawes died at his home on November 22, 1889.[3] His cause of death was listed as age and cerebritis.[2] In January 1925, the United Daughters of the Confederacy honored Hawes with a service cross medal, which his grandson accepted on his behalf.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "James Morrison Hawes". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-87338-649-3
    .
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-8131-1772-0
    .
  4. ^ "Hawes, Richard, (1797 - 1877)". United States Congress. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
  5. ISBN 0-8071-0823-5
    .
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Reis, Jim (2002-04-29). "Confederate general called Covington home". The Kentucky Post. E. W. Scripps Company. Archived from the original on 2005-11-15. Retrieved 2007-06-30.
  7. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0
    .

External links
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