HAWKINS, John Parker

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Affiliation:  Union

Born: September 29 1830, Indianapolis IN

Died: February 7 1914, Indianapolis IN

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1852, quartermaster duty

War Service: 1861 commissary duty in Missouri and in the Army of the Tennessee, April 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded Dist. of Northeastern Louisiana, commanded 1st Divn USCT in garrison, siege of Mobile.

Post War: Army service in Subsistence Department, retired 1894.