Consolidated Military Officer's File of Rush C Hawkins, New York, 1865
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Hawkins, Rush Christopher, 1831-1920
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Hawkins was born in Pomfret, Vermont to Lorenzo Dow Hawkins and Maria Louisa (Hutchinson) Hawkins. At age 15, Hawkins enlisted in the 2nd United States Dragoons for service in the Mexican–American War. After the war, he settled in New York City where he studied law. Hawkins married Annmary Brown in 1860; she died in January 1903 of pneumonia. In 1861, Hawkins helped raise the 9th New York Infantry, a Zouave-styled regiment, popularly known as "Hawkins Zouaves" for service in the Civil War....
