<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-1861, uHawkins wasiza ukukhulisa i-9th New York Infantry, i-regiment yesitayela se-Zouave, eyaziwa kakhulu ngokuthi Hawkins Zouaves ngenkonzo eMpini Yombango. UHawkins waqokwa njengekholonili lebutho ngoMeyi 4, 1861 futhi wakhonza ngokuhlukile eNyakatho Carolina ekuqaleni kwempi. Wayeyingxenye yohambo lukaBenjamin F. Butler lokuthumba iFort Hatteras  <response>: ngo-1861. Ecabanga ukuthi uzothola ukukhushulwa abe yi-brigadier general ngenxa yenkonzo yakhe eFort Hatteras esikhundleni salokho wakhululwa ekulawuleni ngenxa yokungalaleli. Ngo-October 8, 1861, uHawkins owayengathokozile wabhala ama-brigadier generals enziwe ngezinto eziyinqaba namuhla, ukuthi akufanele ngikubheke njengodumo olukhulu ukuba ngomunye wawo. Eqinisweni uHawkins uzothola ukukhushulwa kwe-brevet kuya ku-brigadier jikelele ngo-1866 ukuze athole isikhundla kusukela ngoMashi 13, 1865. Naphezu kokulwa kwakhe, ukuthunyelwa kukaHawkins kusenesikhathi kwamhlaba umxhwele uMongameli u - Abraham Lincoln. UHawkins wamenyelwa eWhite House ukuyokhuluma noMongameli kanye noGeneral-in-Chief uGeorge B. McClellan. Lapho waba nengxenye enkulu ekuthonyeliseni abaphathi be-Union ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi bahlanganyele ukuhlasela iPamlico Sound eNyakatho Carolina. 