American Civil War Joseph Abel Haskin (June 21, 1818 - August 3, 1874) was a career officer in the United States Army.

He was raised and educated in Troy, where his father served in appointed and elected offices including sheriff of Rensselaer County.

In 1839 Haskin graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point as 10th out of a class of 31 and was commissioned as 2nd lieutenant in the 1st U.S.

At the outbreak of the Mexican-American War he was a 1st lieutenant and received brevet promotions to captain for Cerro Gordo and major for Chapultepec.

At the close of the war Haskin was promoted to captain as a staff officer in the quartermaster's department.

In 1864 Haskin was in command of the defenses north of the Potomac in the XXII Corps[2] when General Jubal A.