HAWTHORNE, HARRIS S. - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   Corporal, Company F, 121st New York Infantry.
Place and date:   At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865.

Entered service at:   Otsego, N.Y. Born: 1832, Salem, N.Y.

Date of issue:   29 December 1894.

Citation:   Captured the Confederate Gen. G. W. Custis Lee.

This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)