Medal of Honor
April 2, 1865
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company E, 3d Vermont Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓When the lines were wavering from the well-directed fire of the enemy, this officer, acting adjutant of the regiment, sprang forward, and with encouraging words cheered the soldiers on and, although dangerously wounded, refused to leave the field until the enemy's works were taken.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Gardner C Hawkins — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000818
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Colonel
- Entered service at
- Woodstock, Vt.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- db508543908c295674217ac6771541e0e6452440c47c422e4fa318fbaba60bfc
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile identifies First Lieutenant as Gardner C Hawkins’s action rank and Colonel as the later rank and confirms Company E, 3d Vermont Infantry, the April 2, 1865 action, and Petersburg. The complete inherited citation remains preserved.