Individual Details

15 May 1848. Enlisted in US Army for Mexican War at St. Louis. He was 18. Blue eyes, dark hair, 5' 8 1/2" tall. Born Livingston, NY. Sailor. At. Jefferson Barracks.

Said to have joined the Union Navy in 1861 and served on the USS Pensacola - part of battle for New Orleans at Fort Jackson, LA, 1862. No record of muster rolls found.

Birth

13 Mar 1829

Livingston County, New York

Father	Leonard Hoskins (1797 - 1865)
Mother	Mary Bolton (1801 - 1862)
Sibling	Leonard Presby Hoskins (1823 - 1885)
Sibling	Lafayette Hoskins (1825 - 1883)
Sibling	Octavia B. Hoskins (1827 - 1914)
Sibling	Wilbur H. Hoskins (1832 - )
Sibling	Mary H. Hoskins (1835 - )
Sibling	Josephine Hoskins (1840 - 1920)
Sibling	Ellen M Hoskins (1844 - 1875)