Charles Hawkins (Medal of Honor) explained

Charles Hawkins
Birth Date:1834 or 1835
Death Date:February 29, 1908
Birth Place:Scotland
Death Place:Rhode Island
Placeofburial:Saint Mary Cemetery
Allegiance:Union
Branch:Navy
Rank:Seaman
Battles:American Civil War
First Battle of Fort Fisher
Awards:Medal of Honor

Charles Hawkins (1834 or 1835 - February 29, 1908) was a Seaman in the Union Navy during the American Civil War, where he was awarded the Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor. Hawkins was born in either 1834 or 1835, depending on the source, in Scotland.[1] He lived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and enlisted in the Union Navy from New Hampshire. He served on board the USS Agawam, as one of a volunteer crew of a powder boat. He was given his Medal of Honor on December 23, 1864, when his boat exploded on that date near Fort Fisher. His boat was towed in by to prevent detection by the enemy, and less than two hours after boarding the boat, the explosion took place, and the following day fires were observed still burning at the forts.[2] Hawkins was awarded his Medal of Honor on December 31, 1864. He died on February 29, 1908, in Rhode Island. He was buried in Saint Mary Cemetery in West Warwick, Rhode Island.

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  1. Web site: Valor awards for Charles Hawkins . valor.militarytimes.com . 2017-09-13.
  2. Web site: Medal of Honor Recipients - Civil War (G-L) . History . U.S. Army Center of Military . www.history.army.mil . 2017-09-13 . 2014-06-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140606203802/http://www.history.army.mil/moh/civilwar_gl.html#HARVEY . dead .