Martin J. Hawkins
{{Infobox military person
|image = Martin Hawkins.jpg
|birth_date = 1830
|death_date = {{Death year and age|1886|1830}}
|birth_place =Mercer County, Pennsylvania
|death_place =
|placeofburial = Quincy, Illinois
|allegiance = {{flag|United States of America|1861}}
|branch = {{army|USA}}
|rank =First Lieutenant
|unit = {{flagicon|Ohio}} Company A, 33rd Ohio Infantry
|battles =American Civil War
Great Locomotive Chase
|awards ={{Flagicon image|Medal of Honor ribbon.svg}} Medal of Honor
}}
Martin Jones Hawkins (1830 – February 7, 1886) was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Hawkins was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania in 1840 and entered service at Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism shown in April 1862 during the Great Locomotive Chase,{{cite news|title=A Memorable Raid |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/888270/martin_j_hawkins_raid/|newspaper=The Indianapolis News|date=15 February 1886 |page=1|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = August 11, 2014 }}{{Open access}} at Big Shanty, Georgia while serving as a corporal with Company A, 33rd Ohio Infantry. His Medal of Honor was issued in September 1863.
Hawkins died at the age of 55, on February 7, 1886, and was buried at Woodland Cemetery in Quincy, Illinois.
Medal of Honor citation
{{blockquote|The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Martin Jones Hawkins, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on April, 1862, while serving with Company G, 21st Ohio Infantry, in action during the Andrew's Raid in Georgia. Corporal Hawkins was one of the 19 of 22 men (including two civilians) who, by direction of General Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Georgia, in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.}}
See also
Notes
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refs=
{{cite web|title=Medal of Honor Recipients|website=United States Army Center of Military History
|url=http://www.history.army.mil/moh/civilwar_gl.html#HAWKINS
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917042330/http://www.history.army.mil/moh/civilwar_gl.html#HAWKINS
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=September 17, 2013
|access-date=19 August 2014}}
|title=Valor awards for Martin Jones Hawkins
|website=Military Times, Hall of Valor
|url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/2311
|access-date=19 August 2014
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821073926/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=2311
|archive-date=21 August 2014
|url-status=live
}}
|title=HAWKINS, MARTIN J.
|website=Congressional Medal of Honor Society
|url=http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/591/hawkins-martin-j.php
|access-date=19 August 2014
}}
|title=A War Hero Dead
|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/888265/martin_j_hawkins_moh_obituary/
|newspaper=The Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
|date=10 February 1886
|page=2
|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = August 11, 2014 }}{{Open access}}
|title=A Daring Union Raider dead
|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/888277/martin_j_hawkins_ht/
|newspaper=Harrisburg Telegraph
|date=10 February 1886
|page=1
|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = August 11, 2014 }}{{Open access}}
}}
==References==
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- {{cite book| last = Dyer| first = Frederick H| title = A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion| publisher = Dyer Pub. Co.| place = Des Moines, IA| year = 1908| asin = B01BUFJ76Q| url = https://archive.org/details/08697590.3359.emory.edu}}
- {{ cite book | last = War Department | first = U.S. | title = The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies| publisher = U.S. Government Printing Office| place = Washington, DC| year = 1880| oclc = 857196196| url = http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.monographs/waro.html}}
{{refend}}
External links
- [http://www.andrewsraid.com/hawkins.html Andrews' Raid]
- {{Find a Grave|19684|work=Claim to Fame: Medal of Honor recipients|access-date=19 August 2014}}
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Category:People from Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Category:United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
Category:American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor
Category:Great Locomotive Chase
Category:Military personnel from Pennsylvania
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