Eugene A. Hawkins

(? - 1864)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 4th Georgia Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
Mustered as Private in Company H, 4th Georgia Infantry on 30 May 1861. He was elected 2nd Lieutenant 29 April 1862 and promoted to First Lieutenant in June.

The remainder of the War:
He was detailed as aide-de-camp (ADC) on the staff of BGen Doles in December 1862. Promoted Captain and Brigade Inspector in November 1863. Killed in action at the Wilderness, Virginia on 5 May 1864.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Thomas 1. Picture used here is from a photograph of unknown provenance identified as Hawkins on a Findagrave page for him.

Death Date: 05/05/1864 Death Place: Orange County, VA

Notes

1 Thomas, Henry Walter, History of the Doles-Cook Brigade, Atlanta: Franklin Printing & Publishing Co., 1903, pp. 87, 157 - 164 [AotW citation 2670]

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