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.

[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.

[3] Hawkins stayed in the army and reverted to his regular rank of captain in the Subsistence Department.

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