The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-04-09
AIIESIEB GOOD CONDUCT TRAIN JUMPS THE TRACK
GEN. HARTWELL'S GALLANTRY
DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
Part that a Leading Honolulu Jurist
Took in the Late Unpleasantness-
Wounded Three Times in One Battle.


Since his arrival in Washington Gen
Hartwell applied for and obtained the
official statement of his war record.
The statement will be of interest to
the Generals many friends:
Statement of the military service of
Brevet Brigadier General Alfred S.
Hartwell, Late Corporal, Company
f, Sd L. S. Reserve Corps, Missouri
Infantry; 1st Lieutenant, Company
F, 44th Massachusetts Militia Infan-
try; Captain, Company ID, saith Mas
sachusetts Infantry; and Colonel,
55th Massachusetts Infantry.
Alfred S. Hartwell was enrolled May
s, 1861, at st. Louis, Missouri, and
mustered into service June 4, 1861, to
date from May s, 1861, as corporal
in Company f, Sd L. S. Reserve Corps,
Missouri Infantry, to serve three
months, ana was discharged the SER
vice as of that grade and organization
June 20, 1861.
He was mustered into service Sep
tember 10. 1862, as first lieutenant,
Company +, 44th Massachusetts Mil
itia Infantry, to serve nine months,
and was discharged the service on
March 80, 1868, to receive promotion in
the 54th Massachusetts Infantry.
TO rfl l.,
vice to the date of his discharge the
muster rolls of the organization show
him present. During that period his
company participated in the actions at
Rowles Mills, November 2, 1862; Kins-
ton, North Carolina, December IA,
1862; and White Hall, North Carolina,
December 16, 1862.
He was mustered into service March
80, 1863, as captain Company ID, 54th
Massachusetts Infantry, and was mus
tered out of service as of that grade
and organization June 10, 1868, to ac-
cept promotion in the 55th Massachu-
setts Infantry. He was mustered into
service as lieutenant-colonel, 55th
Massachusetts Infantry June 10, 1868,
and was mustered in as colonel in that
regiment December 1, 1868. On Decem-
ber 81, 1864, he was reported absent
from his regiment, and in command
of the 2d Brigade, Coast Division, De-
partment of the South. On February
2S, 1865, he was reported absent from
his regiment, commanding the 1st Bri-
gade, Provisional Division, Department
of the South. On April 80, 1865, he
was detached from his regiment, COM
manding the inland forces of Charles
ton, South Carolina, and on June 80,
1865, he was reported absent, com
manding the 1st Provisional Brigade,
Charleston District He was dis
Massachusetts Infantry, in orders dat
ed April 3, 1866
He was brevetted brigadier general
of volunteers, December 80, 1864, for
gallant services at the battle of
Honey Hill, South Carolina, November
30, 1864, where he was wounded three
times, in the hand, IN the hip, and in
the head. In the official report of that
battle Brigadier General John p.
Hatch, commanding the Coast Division
Department of the South, refers to the
conduct of Col. Hartwell as follows:
''In closing this report | must give
the gallant men the credit due them.
The list of killed and wounded, none
of whom fell in retreat, attest their
good conduct. + \ few instances
of individual gallantry that have come
particularly to my knowledge | will
mention: Col. \. S. Hartwell, 55th
Mass. Vols, commanding brigade, re-
ceived his third wound during the en-
gagement at the foot of the enemy's