Saturday, January 27, 2018

Private Isaac S. Hawkins of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Isaac S. Hawkins (1834 - )



Enlisted from Medina, NY on 12 December 1863. He was 29 years old, married and working as a sailor.

Captured and imprisioned 20 Februrary 1864 at Olustee, FL. Exchanged 4 March 1865 at Goldsboro, NC.

Discharged 20 June 1865 from Annapolis, MD.

2 comments:

  1. Possible grave? More research needed. (I hope not; the idea of a POW winding up in an almshouse cemetery is haunting. But, sadly, possible.)

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76059935/isaac-hawkins

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  2. See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hawkins-8734 for latest collaborative research (grave and spouse identified!)

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