John Parker Hawkins (September 29, 1830 – February 7, 1914) was a career officer of the United States Army who served as brigadier general during the American Civil War, in which he served as a commissary officer and as a commander of colored troops.

[1] Parker was promoted to captain on August 3, 1861, and was posted to Missouri to serve as a Commissary of Subsistence.

[2] Hawkins was assigned to command a brigade of the United States Colored Troops (USCT) and the District of Northeastern Louisiana.

He and his division distinguished themselves in the assault at the Battle of Fort Blakeley on April 9, 1865, which resulted in the capture of Mobile, Alabama.

[1] He died on February 7, 1914, in Indianapolis, Indiana, outlived by his daughter, and was buried at the local Crown Hill Cemetery.