HAWKINS MILITARY
My 2nd-great granduncle.
JOSHUA TRACY AMOS HAWKINS
14TH INFANTRY
WEST VIRGINIA
Organized at Wheeling, W. Va., August 25, 1862. Attached to Railroad Division,
West Virginia, to January, 1863. New Creek, W. Va., Defences Upper
Potomac, 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept., to March, 1863. 5th Brigade, 1st
Division. 8th Army Corps, to June, 1863. Mulligan's Brigade, Scammon's
Division, West Virginia, to December, 1563. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, West
Virginia, to April. 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia, to
January, 1865. 1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Ordered to Clarksburg, W. Va., and guard duty on the Upper
Potomac, Headquarters at New Creek, till June, 1863. Expedition to Greenland
Gap April 13-22, 1863. Action at Greenland Gap April 25 (Co. "A"). Duty at
New Creek, Petersburg and Romney till April, 1864. Skirmish near Burlington
November 16, 1863. Burlington and Petersburg Turnpike November 19. Salem
December 16. Jackson River, near Covington, December 19. Operations in
Hampshire and Hardy Counties December 31, 1863-January 5, 1864.
Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties against Rosser January
27-February 7, 1864. Evacuation of Petersburg January 30. Crook's Expedition
against Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 2-19. Battle of Cloyd's Mountain
May 9. New River Bridge May 10. Cove Mountain or Grassy Lick, near
Wytheville May 10. Salt Pond Mountain and Gap Mountain May 12-13.
Hunter's Expedition against Lynchburg May 26-July 1. Diamond Hill June 17.
Lynchburg June 17-18. Retreat to Charleston June 18-July 1. Buford's Gap June
20. About Salem June 21. Moved to the Shenandoah Valley July 12-15.
Snicker's Ferry July 17-18. Stephenson's Depot July 20. Battle of
Kernstown-Winchester July 23-24. Martinsburg July 25. Sheridan's Shenandoah
Valley Campaign August 6-November 28. Strasburg August 15. Halltown
August 24 and 26. Berryville September 3. Battle of Opequan, Winchester,
September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19.
Duty at Camp Russell and in Shenandoah Valley till December. Myerstown
November 28. Duty at Martinsburg, Cumberland, Md., and Winchester, Va., till
June, 1865. Near Patterson Creek Station March 22, 1865 (Co. "H"). Mustered
out June 28, 1865.
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