Martin J. Hawkins

Martin J. Hawkins
Born1830
Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Died1886 (aged 55–56)
Buried
Allegiance United States of America
Service / branch United States Army
RankFirst Lieutenant[1]
UnitOhio Company A, 33rd Ohio Infantry
Battles / warsAmerican Civil War
Great Locomotive Chase
Awards 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.[2]

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,[3] at Big Shanty, Georgia while serving as a corporal with Company A, 33rd Ohio Infantry. His Medal of Honor was issued in September 1863.[4]

Hawkins died at the age of 55, on February 7, 1886, and was buried at Woodland Cemetery in Quincy, Illinois.[1][5]

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