Gardner_C._Hawkins
Gardner C. Hawkins
American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (1846–1913)
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.[1]
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.[1][2]
He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts.[2]
He died at the age of 67, and was buried at the Lindenwood Cemetery in Stoneham, Massachusetts.