what kind of service did he give in the military?
He enlisted as a brigade commissary.
Richard Hawes
While there, he enlisted as a brigade commissary under Confederate general Humphrey Marshall and was given the rank of major.
who is richard hawes? a United States Representative and the second Confederate Governor of Kentucky. when did he become a governor? UNANSWERABLE of which place did he become a governor? Kentucky
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Richard Hawes [SEP] Military service
When Kentucky's neutrality was breached in September 1861, Hawes fled to Virginia to escape imprisonment by Federal authorities. While there, he enlisted as a brigade commissary under Confederate general Humphrey Marshall and was given the rank of major. Though his ability to obtain supplies for Marshall's brigade was commendable given the difficult conditions, his age (64) and lack of military experience lessened his value to Marshall's unit, and his predilection for jumping the chain of command and communicating directly with Confederate Secretary of War Judah P. Benjamin put him at odds with Marshall personally. In November 1861, the self-appointed members of the Confederate state sovereignty convention in Russellville, Kentucky appointed Hawes state auditor of the Commonwealth's Confederate government, but he declined in order to continue his military service.