Gardner C. Hawkins Explained

Gardner C. Hawkins
Birth Date:11 February 1846
Birth Place:Pomfret, Vermont, US
Death Place:Winthrop, Massachusetts, US
Placeofburial:Stoneham, Massachusetts, US
Allegiance:United States
Branch:United States Army
Rank:First Lieutenant
Unit:Company D, 3rd Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Battles:American Civil War
Awards:Medal of Honor

Gardner C. Hawkins (February 11, 1846 - December 15, 1913) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.

Hawkins was born in Pomfret, Vermont and entered service at Woodstock, Vermont. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism on April 2, 1865, while serving as a First Lieutenant with Company D, 3rd Vermont Infantry Regiment, at Petersburg, Virginia. His Medal of Honor was issued on September 30, 1893.

He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts.

He died at the age of 67, and was buried at the Lindenwood Cemetery in Stoneham, Massachusetts.

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