<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1861, Hawkins akabatsira kusimudza 9th New York Infantry, chirongwa cheZouave-style, chinozivikanwa se Hawkins Zouaves nokuda kwebasa muHondo yeVanhu. Hawkins akagadzwa colonel we regiment musi waMay 4, 1861 uye akashanda nekusiyanisa muNorth Carolina pakutanga kwehondo. Akanga ari rutivi rworwendo rwaBenjamin F. Butler ku  <response>: kubata Fort Hatteras muna 1861. Achitarisira kuwana kukwidziridzwa kuva brigadier general nokuda kwebasa rake paFort Hatteras iye panzvimbo pezvo akabviswa pakuva mutungamiriri nokuda kwokusateerera. Musi waOctober 8, 1861, Hawkins akanga asina kugutsikana akanyora kuti mabrigadier general mazuva ano ava vanhu vasinganzwisisiki, zvokuti handifungi kuti kuva mumwe wavo iropafadzo huru. Hawkins aizogamuchira kukwidziridzwa kwechiremba kune brigadier general muna 1866 kuti ave nechinzvimbo kubva muna March 13, 1865. Pasinei zvapo nokurwa kwake, mashoko aHawkins okutanga akabatwa naPurezidhendi Abraham Lincoln. Hawkins akakokwa kuWhite House kuti ataure naPurezidhendi uye General-in-Chief George B. McClellan. Ikoko akabatsira zvikuru mukunyengetedza hurumende yeUnion pamusoro pekugona kwebasa rakabatanidzwa pamusoro pePamlico Sound muNorth Carolina. 