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Hawkins, Gardner C.
MILITARY SERVICE
Age: 18, credited to Woodstock, VT
Unit(s): 3rd VT INF
Service: enl 1/28/64, m/i as Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VT INF, comn 2LT, Co. I, 10/18/64 (11/11/64), pr 1LT, Co. E, 2/15/65 (3/16/65), wdd, Petersburg, 4/2/65, dis/wds, 6/2/65 (Medal of Honor)
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VITALS
Birth: 02/11/1846, Pomfret, VT
Death: 12/15/1913
Burial: Lindenwood Cemetery, Stoneham, MA
Marker/Plot: Dell Path, Lot 68
Gravestone researcher/photographer: Wayne Henry
Findagrave Memorial #: 8201311
MORE INFORMATION
Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 5/17/1875; widow Mary E., 1/9/1914, MA
Portrait?: Gibson Collection, Italo Collection, VHS Collections, USAHEC off-site
College?: Not Found
Veterans Home?: Not Found
(If there are state digraphs above, this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldiers' home in that state after the war)
Remarks: None
DESCENDANTS
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BURIAL:
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Lindenwood Cemetery, Stoneham, MA
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This soldier was awarded the Medal of Honor
Gardner C. Hawkins
Rank and Organization: 1st Lieut., Co. E, 3rd Vermont Infantry.
Place and date: Petersburg, VA, 2 Apr 1865.
Entered service at: Woodstock.
Born: Pomfret, Feb, 1846.
Died: 15 Dec 1913, Winthrop, Mass.
Buried: Lindenwood Cemetery, Stoneham, MA
Date of Issue: 30 Sep 1893.
Citation: When the lines were wavering from the well-directed fire of the enemy, this officer, acting adjutant of the regiment, sprang forward, and with encouraging words cheered the soldiers on and, although dangerously wounded, refused to leave the field until the enemy's works were taken.
Compiled Military Service Records
See findagrave.com
See also: Beyer and Keydel, 518.
NARA File Number: H-1390-VS-1865.
