Medal of Honor
September 29, 1864
Chapin's Farm, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant Major
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- 6th U.S. Colored Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Rescue of regimental colors.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Thomas R. Hawkins — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001475
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- b943f75cf4962c860d4303f644adceaf592948f302be0b3e450e0780a47d323d
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile uses U.S. Colored Infantry terminology; the inherited U.S. Colored Troops wording remains preserved in legacy fields.