Question: What the man who received a medal of honor during the American Civil War capture that represented the Confederacy?

Context articles: Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Anderson (North Carolina)
Native Americans in the American Civil War
Charles Hawkins (Medal of Honor)
Allexander Hand
John H. Callahan
Flags of the Confederate States of America
Diplomacy of the American Civil War
American Civil War Museum
Irish Americans in the American Civil War

Fort Donelson National Battlefield preserves Fort Donelson and Fort Heiman, two sites of the American Civil War Forts Henry and Donelson Campaign, in which Union Army Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant and Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote captured three Confederate forts and opened two rivers, the Tennessee River and the Cumberland River, to control by the Union Navy.
 The commanders received national recognition for their victories in February 1862, as they were the first major Union successes of the war.
 The capture of Fort Donelson and its garrison by the Union led to the capture of Tennessee's capital and industrial center, Nashville, which remained in Union hands from February 25, 1862 until the end of the war, and gave the Union effective control over much of Tennessee.
 This struck a major blow to the Confederacy early in the war.
Fort Anderson is a mid 19th century earthen fort in the lower Cape Fear Region of North Carolina, located over the ruins of the colonial town of Brunswick in Brunswick County.
 It was used as a Confederate Fort during the American Civil War.
 The fort was pivotal in protecting the Cape Fear River inlets and Wilmington upstream.
 Earthen batteries comprise the fort and were used as platforms and shields for the Confederate cannons.
 Beneath some of the earthworks were "bombproofs," shelters used by troops during enemy bombardment.
 The Confederacy decided to build forts around the Cape Fear River to protect the port of Wilmington from the Union blockade.
 During the Civil War, blockade runners brought supplies such as iron, guns, and ammunition to the Confederacy.
 The purpose of the fort was to hinder movement of Union ships, and to serve as a dropping off point for blockade runners fortunate enough to make it up the mouth of the Cape Fear River.
 Fort Anderson was built on the ruins of Brunswick Town and was originally named Fort St. Philip, after the ruins of the Revolutionary period church nearby.
 The name was changed to honor Col. George B. Anderson.
Native Americans in the American Civil War saw Native American individuals, bands, tribes, and nations participate in numerous skirmishes and battles.
 Native Americans served in both the Union and Confederate military during the American Civil War.
 They were found in the Eastern, Western, and Trans-Mississippi Theaters.
 At the outbreak of the war, for example, the majority of the Cherokees sided with the Union, but soon after allied with the Confederacy.
 Native Americans fought knowing they might jeopardize their sovereignty, unique cultures, and ancestral lands if they ended up on the losing side of the Civil War.
 28,693 Native Americans served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War, participating in battles such as Pea Ridge, Second Manassas, Antietam, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and in Federal assaults on Petersburg.
Charles Hawkins (1834 or 1835 -  February 29, 1908) was a Seaman in the Union Navy during the American Civil War, where he was awarded the Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor.
 Hawkins was born in either 1834 or 1835, depending on the source, in Scotland.
 He lived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and enlisted in the Union Navy from New Hampshire.
 He served on board the USS "Agawam", as one of a volunteer crew of a powderboat.
 He was given his Medal of Honor on December 23, 1864, when his boat exploded on that date near Fort Fisher.
 His boat was towed in by the wilderness to prevent detection by the enemy, and less than two hours after boarding the boat, the explosion took place, and the following day fires were observed still burning at the forts.
 Hawkins was awarded his Medal of Honor on December 31, 1864.
 He died on February 29, 1908, in Rhode Island.
 He was buried in Saint Mary Cemetery in West Warwick, Rhode Island.
Allexander Hand (1836-?)
 was a Quartermaster in the US Navy for the Union during the American Civil War that received the Medal of Honor .
 Prior to the Civil War, he resided in Delaware.
 During the Civil War, while serving aboard the USS Ceres, in a fight near Hamilton on the Roanoke River, Hand was fired upon by the enemy with small arms, and "courageously returned the raking enemy fire."
 His commanding officer later spoke for his "good conduct and cool bravery under enemy fire," which led to him receiving the Medal of Honor.
John H. Callahan (January 25, 1845 – March 13, 1914) was one of two men from the 122nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment to receive the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War.
 Callahan was a private in Company B.
 The medal was awarded for capturing a Confederate flag during the Battle of Fort Blakely on April 9, 1865; he was one of fourteen men awarded with the Medal of Honor at this battle.
Three successive designs served as the official national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Confederate States" or the "Confederacy") during its existence from 1861 to 1865.
The diplomacy of the American Civil War involved the relations of the United States of America and the Confederate States of America with the major world powers during the American Civil War of 1861–1865.
 The United States successfully prevented other powers from recognizing the Confederacy, which counted heavily on Britain and France to enter the war on its side to maintain their supply of cotton and to weaken a growing opponent.
 Every nation was officially neutral throughout the war, and none formally recognized the Confederacy.
The American Civil War Museum is a multi-site museum in the Greater Richmond Region of central Virginia, dedicated to the history of the American Civil War.
 The museum operates three sites: The Museum and White House of the Confederacy and the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar in Richmond, and the Museum of the Confederacy–Appomattox.
 It maintains a comprehensive collection of artifacts, manuscripts, Confederate imprints (books and pamphlets), and photographs.
Irish-American Catholics served on both sides of the American Civil War (1861–1865) as officers, volunteers and draftees.
 Immigration due to the Irish Great Famine (1845–1852) had provided many thousands of men as potential recruits although issues of race, religion, pacifism and personal allegiance created some resistance to service.
 A significant body of these Irishmen later used the military experience gained in the American Civil War to fight against the British Empire with the goal of establishing an Irish Republic as members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the Fenian Brotherhood and Clan na Gael.
 In addition very large numbers of Scots-Irish Protestants were involved in the American Civil War, especially the Confederacy.