Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Harris
Smith
Hawthorne
February 29, 1832

–

March 23, 1911

Cemetery:

Maple Grove Cemetery

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Division:

    121st New York Infantry

    Action Date:

    April 6, 1865
    Date of Issue: December 29, 1894

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Harris Smith Hawthorne, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 6 April 1865, while serving with Company F, 121st New York Infantry, in action at Deatonsville (Sailor’s Creek), Virginia. Corporal Hawthorne captured the Confederate General G. W. Custis Lee.