Lenoir County NcArchives Military Records.....Hawkins, A.T. 1861
Civilwar - Enlistment Al, 7th Inf. Co. D; MS15th Battalion Sharpshooters, Co. A.
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Confederate Military Service Record
Abner T. Hawkins; AKA:  Maj A.T. Hawkins

From his confederate military service record;
 
Where born:  Kingston, NC

Enlisted April 13, 1861,  Huntsville, AL.  2Lt. Unit: 7th Inf. Co. D.

3rd Lt November 1861.

Mississippi: Major Hawkins 15th Battalion Sharp Shooters. Co. A.

Promoted to Major December 31, 1862.

The Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865, Volume VIII by Gresholm, Jesse 
to Hill, F.W.; M253-188-M253-220.  Broadfoot Publishing Co., Wilmington, NC 
1996.  

“Hawkins, A.T. AL 7th Inf. Co D 2nd Lt.”
“Hawkins, A.T. MS 15th Bn S.S. Co. A  Maj”

Died October 18, 1863, Newnan, GA, in Bragg Hospital from his wounds. Buried 
in Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, GA, Confederate Section 21, memorial number: 
40052996.  

1860 Federal Census, City of Huntsville, Madison county, AL.  Listed as 
Abner T Hawkins, carriage maker, he is 30 years old. He is residing in the 
Southern Hotel. 

List of Field Officers Regiments and Battalions in the Confederate States 
Army 1861-1865, authored by Claud Estes.  “Hawkins, A. T., Major 15th 
Battalion Mississippi Sharpshooters.”

Military History of Mississippi 1803-1898: Taken from the Official and 
Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, 1908.  By Dunbar Rowland.  
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Pages 227-228.

“Fifteenth Battalion-Sharpshooters. Major-A. T. Hawkins,
killed at Chickamauga. General Cleburne gave special mention in his report 
of Capt. A. T. Hawkins, of “Woods sharpshooters…The battalion, under the 
command of Major Hawkins, was distinguished in the work of Cleburn’s 
Division at Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863….While the gallant commander, 
Major Hawkins, was exhorting the men to keep good order one of his legs was 
taken off by a cannon ball. He died a few days later, one of the four Majors 
of the brigade who were mortally wounded in this battle.”

In both Major A.T Hawkins and G.W. Hawkins military service records, G.W. is 
listed as his brother.  G.W. Hawkins was in Co H, 30 Miss Vols.

On January 14, 1864 brother G.W. Hawkins arrives to Bragg Hospital, Newnan, 
GA to pick up personal effects of A.T. Hawkins.  He picked up $640.00, one 
sword, a Navy revolver, saddle bags, two shirts and blankets, a saddle and 
bridle.

Prepared by Deborah A. Hawkins
5806 Riley Drive
Corpus Christi, TX 78412
361-215-7386


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