Identity:
Hawkins was a soldier.
Life:
A classmate of Whistler at the United States Military Academy at West Point, he served in the Utah Expeditionary Force in 1857-1858, and resigned in 1861, serving in the Confederate States Army through the war.
Bibliography:
Cullum Memorial Edition, Register of Graduates and former cadets, United States Militery Academy, West Point, 1980; Dictionary of American Biography.