Guy Hulett Watkins (1831–1864) was a lawyer and United States Army Lieutenant Colonel during the American Civil War.
After completing his education, he joined the law practice of his father, William Watkins, where he was trained to become an attorney.
[1][2] One of the officers who commanded the members of the 141st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry as it marched up the Potomac River to Leesburg, Virginia and on to Falmouth from October 11 to November 19, 1862, as part of the Union Army forces assembled in the region, Watkins also commanded men in the intense combat of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia from December 12 to 15 that year.
[1][2] From January 20 to 24, 1863, Watkins and his men took part in the ill-fated "Mud March" spearheaded by Union Army Major General Ambrose Burnside.
[1][2] Ordered to proceed to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to defend the state and its residents from Confederate States Army troops commanded by Robert E. Lee, Watkins and his men were subsequently engaged in halting the CSA's Gettysburg Campaign from June 11 to July 24, during which time they fought in their third major battle, the Battle of Gettysburg, which took place from July 1 to 3, 1863.