Father: Robert Douglas Haden (1796-1885)
Mother: Sarah McGowen
- Attended, Jackson College, Columbia, TN
- Graduated, LaGrange College, Florence, Lauderdale Co., AL
1847- M.D. degree, Medical Dept. of the Univ. of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA (from MS before medical school; preceptor: Dr. Dabney Lipscomb)
12/13/1847 - Appointed, Asst. Surgeon, U.S. Army (served in the Mexican War)
1856-1860 - Asst. Surgeon, U. S. Army, Fort Bliss, El Paso C., TX
06/12/1860 - Surgeon, U. S. Army, Fort Bliss, El Paso Co., TX (lived with the family of Lt. J. D. Whistler - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as "J. M. Hayden")
01/27/1861 - In a letter written from Fort Bliss, TX, to his father R. D. Haden, Columbus, MS, "Dear Father, By the mail today, the news of the secession of Mississippi was received at this Post. What position do I now occupy? Am I in the service of a foreign government? I am anxiously expecting letters from you in reference to affairs at home. You know I am a Mississippian & a Southerner in every sense of the word & am ready at any time to renounce my allegiance to the present government & serve my state in any way that she may think most advantageous to her interests. As long as I hold a commission from the U.S. I cannot but prove true to my oath. A great many Southern officers think it is best not to resign & throw the entire army under the control of the enemy. If Texas secedes, of which I think there is no doubt, what is to become of the U.S. Military now within her limits? She will hardly suffer the troops of a foreign government to occupy her territory. Should the army be disbanded the entire frontier would be at the mercy of the Mexicans on one side and the Indians on the other. Should the Southern officers alone resign, the troops & ports would be left in the hands of the enemy. The citizens in this vicinity are almost unanimous in favour of immediate secession, but at the same time fear very much the removal of the troops, as a very large Mexican population is in their immediate neighbourhood are only waiting on opportunity to rob and devastate the country. This population particularly should be provided for immediately. I expect to hear from you at your earliest convenience. Write at least once a week, and do not fail to have me placed properly before our people. Your son, John M. Haden"
02/14/1861 - Dr. John M. Haden's father, R. D. Haden, wrote to Jefferson Davis, provisional
"President of our Southern United States", requesting an appointment on the medical staff for his son in the "Southern Army" as a Surgeon
03/28/1861 - As a Surgeon, Confederate States Army, ordered to report to Montgomery, AL
04/25/1861 - Resigned as Asst. Surgeon, U. S. Army, Fort Bliss, El Paso, TX
05/06/1861 - "Actg. Asst. Surgeon, John W. Haden, Medical Department, is assigned to duty as Medical Director and Medical Purveyor at New Orleans, La. and will proceed at once to that City, to relieve D. C. DeLeon, who has change of these duties. On being relieved, DeLeon will repair to this place [Richmond, Virginia], and resume the duties of Actg. Surgeon Genl. of the Army" (S.O. 44/7)
05/24/1861 - Appointed Surgeon, Regular Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 03/16/1861
06/11/1861 - Medical Director and Purveyor - staff of Gen. D. E. Twiggs, New Orleans, LA
08/31/1861 - Medical Director and Purveyor - staff of Gen. D. E. Twiggs, New Orleans, LA
09/01/1861-09/05/1861 - Traveled from New Orleans to Richmond, VA
09/07/1861 - Received payment for travel in Richmond, VA
09/07/1861 - "Surg. J. M. Haden, Medical Department, will proceed to New Orleans, La., via Nashville, Tenn., and report for duty to Genl. Twiggs, Commanding" (S.O, 146/5)
09/24/1861 - Stationed, Monroe, LA
10/30/1861 - In a letter written as Medical Purveyor, Confederate States of America, New Orleans, LA, to Medical Purveyor Richard Potts, Memphis, TN, "Sir, I herewith enclose a list of the prices of the
articles called for by your requisition. If you still desire to have them, I will send them in such quantities as can be procured in this market. I will send tomorrow twenty (20) sets of Amputating
instruments. No other kind of instruments can be had here. I am, Very Respectfully, Your obt. Serv. John M Haden, Surg C.S.A., Med Purv, P.S. Blankets cannot be procured and Quinine is $7.75
to $8.00 pr. oz."
11/30/1861 - Medical Director and Purveyor, to Gen. M. Lovell, commanding Dept. No.1
11/29/1861 - Appointed Surgeon, Regular Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 03/16/1861
12/13/1861 - Confirmed as Surgeon from MS by the Confederate States Senate
01/31/1862 - Surgeon, New Orleans, LA
01/00/1862 - Staff of Gen. M. Lovell, New Orleans, LA
03/05/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Headquarters, Trans-Miss Dept., Little Rock, AR
00/00/1862 - Passed Confederate Army Board of Medical Examination, Little Rock, AR, for the position of Surgeon
03/22/1862 - "The following named Medical Officers will constitute an Army Medical Board to convene at New Orleans, Louisiana, for the examination of Medical Officers, and applicants for appointment, in the Command of Major General Lovell" (S.O. 66/2)
05/26/1862 - In a note written from Jackson, MS, to Medical Purveyor R. Potts, "Please let Gen. Duncan have a bottle of your best brandy, John M. Haden, Surg., C.S.A." [Note: Gen. Johnson Kelly Duncan died of typhoid fever in Knoxville, TN, on December 18, 1862.]
06/26/1862 - Announced as Surgeon & Medical Director to Maj. Gen. E. Van Dorn, commanding the Dept. of So. Miss.& E. La.
08/07/1862 - Relieved of duty in District of the Mississippi and ordered to report to the Surgeon General, Richmond, VA (S.O. 35/3 District of the Mississippi)
08/19/1862 - "Surgeon Jno M Haden P.A. C. S.[sic- Regular Army of the Confederate States] will proceed without delay to Little Rock Arkansas, and report for duty to Major Genl T. H. Holmes,
Commanding Trans-Mississippi District, as Medical Director of his Command."(S.O. 193/25)
08/22/1862 - In Richmond, VA, signed a travel voucher for travel from Montgomery, AL, to Richmond during the period of August 10th to August 15, 1862
10/01/1862 - Announced as Medical Director, Trans-Miss Dept.
12/30/1862 - Mentioned as Medical Director, Trans-Miss Dept., Little Rock, AR (S.O. 305/11)
02/21/1863 - Ordered to report to Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, commanding Dept. of W. LA, as Medical Director of his command (S.O. 44/4)
03/07/1863 - Paid mileage from Richmond, VA to Little Rock, AR
03/24/1863 - Medical Director, Gen. E. K. Smith's command, Little Rock, AR (S.O. 72/23)
04/20/1863 - Announced as Medical Director, Trans-Miss Dept.
03/25/1864 - Relieved from duty as Medical Director and announced as Chief of the Medical Bureau, Trans-Miss Dept.
05/29/1864 - Chief, Medical Bureau, Trans-Mississippi Dept., Shreveport, LA
09/30/1864 - Chief, Medical Bureau, Trans-Mississippi Dept., Marshall, TX
11/23/1864 - In a letter to Surgeon General S. P. Moore, Richmond, VA, by Surgeon John Miller Haden, Chief of the Medical Bureau, Trans-Mississippi Department Marshall, TX, "Sir, In reply to your communication of the 26th August, instructing me to inform you if Surgeon Gustave Holland was on duty in this Department, and if so, to state the nature of the duty. I have to inform you that his resignation was accepted September 19th, by Special Orders No. 235, Head Qrs. Trans-Miss Department. He was at one time acting as Medical Inspector of the District of Texas, and, a short time before his resignation was accepted, had been on duty as Health Officer at Galveston. He was relieved from duty by Brig. Genl. Hawes, Com'dg Post at Galveston, and at the time his resignation was accepted, was waiting orders. His resignation was accepted on my suggestion. Very Respectfully, Your Obt. Servt., John M. Haden, Chief of Med Bureau. [Docketing on the back of this letter reads, "S. G. O., Jan. 1, 1865. Res. referred to the A.& I.G. for acceptance to take effect Sept. 19, 1864. S. P. Moore, Surg Genl. Recv. A. & I. G. O. Jan 11, 65"] [Note: A copy of the original handwritten letter is in: Hollard, Gustave, CSR - GS, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC.]
03/09/1865 - Chief, Medical Bureau, Trans-Mississippi Dept.
06/07/1865 - Paroled by the U. S. Army, Shreveport, LA
10/08/1868 (or 01/08/1868) - Married, Sarah Best Brannum Hughes (1844-1888)
06/29/1870 - Practiced medicine, Galveston, Galveston Co., TX (lived with wife, Sarah B. and one child - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as "Jno. M. Hadden)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Galveston, TX
1874 - Father, Robert, died in Galveston, TX
1875 - Attended the meeting of the Association of Medical Officers (of the Confederacy)
1878 - Elected, President, Galveston Board of Health
1879 - Re-elected, President, Galveston Board of Health
06/01/1880 - Practiced medicine, Galveston, Galveston Co., TX (lived with wife, Sarah B., one daughter and two sons - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as John M. Haden)
1886 - Practiced medicine, Galveston, Galveston Co, TX
00/00/1888 - Wife, Sarah, died in Sewanee, TN (buried: Old City Cemetery, Galveston, Galveston Co., TX)
1890 - Practiced medicine, Galveston, Galveston Co, TX
- President, Galveston Medical Society
10/30/1892 - Died after "a stroke of apoplexy", on the steps of a hotel in Philadelphia, PA, while visiting his sons (buried: Old City Cemetery, Galveston, Galveston Co, TX - Find A Grave #13240633)

Note: Dr. Richard Douglas Haden, a brother of Dr. John Miller Haden, also served the Confederacy as a physician.

David M. Habben, the creator of this memorial provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
01/12/2012. Updated 12/22/2022.
Unpublished database.