Hawkins, Thomas R.

ACTION: Chaffin's Farm (Fort Harrison), VA.

DATE: 29 September 1864.

NAME: Hawkins, Thomas R.

RANK/UNIT: Sergeant Major, 6th U.S. Colored Troops.

CITATION: "Rescue of regimental colors."

MEDAL PRESENTED: 8 February 1870.

BIOGRAPHICAL DATA: Born: Cincinnati, OH. ENTERED SERVICE: Philadelphia, PA.

PHOTOGRAPH/SKETCH: Yes.

OTHER: Badge has Sgt. Major Hawkins earning his medal at Deep Bottom, Va., on 21 July 1864. The citation is the same, however.

SOURCES:
Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1978, Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979 p. 112.
Mitchell, Joseph B. Lt. Col., The Badge of Gallantry, New York: MacMillian & Co., 1986. p. 135.

 
Thomas Hawkins
Thomas R. Hawkins, Sergeant Major, 6th USCT
Library of Congress

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Tombstone at Cold Harbor National Cemetery

Thousands of Confederate soldiers who died in Richmond’s hospitals or in the battles around the city are buried at either Hollywood or Oakwood cemeteries.  Most of the Union dead are buried in one of five National Cemeteries:  Richmond, Cold Harbor, Seven Pines, Glendale or Fort Harrison.