Harris Smith Hawthorne
Born: February 29, 1832 at Salem, New York
Home Town: Oswego County, New York
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
U.S. Army
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.