Edward Winslow Hinks

Infobox Military Person
name=Edward W. Hinks
born= birth date|1830|5|30
died= death date and age|1894|2|4|1830|5|30
placeofbirth= Bucksport, Maine
placeofdeath= Cambridge, Massachusetts
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caption=Maj. Gen. Edward Hinks
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allegiance=United States of America
branch= United States Army
serviceyears=1861-1870
rank= Brevet Major General (Civil War)
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battles= American Civil War *Battle of Ball's Bluff *Seven Days Battles *Battle of Glendale *Battle of Antietam *Bermuda Hundred Campaign *Siege of Petersburg
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Edward Winslow Hinks (May 30, 1830 – February 4, 1894) was a career United States Army officer who served as a brigadier general during the American Civil War.

In 1861, he received a Regular Army commission as a second lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Cavalry, but was soon after offered a volunteer commission as commander of the 19th Massachusetts Infantry.

Hinks saw service at Ball's Bluff, the Peninsula Campaign, and at Glendale, where he was wounded. He returned to his regiment for the Maryland Campaign, but was seriously wounded at Antietam on September 17, 1862.

He received a promotion to brigadier general of U. S. Volunteers and spent the next two years on court martial and recruiting duty, before being assigned to command the Third Division of the XVIII Corps, composed entirely of black troops led by white officers. When the division was rolled into the XXV Corps, Winslow received a brevet promotion to major general and was sent north to enforce the draft.

After the war, he remained in the army as the lieutenant colonel of the 40th U.S. Infantry before retiring at the rank of colonel in 1870.

His last name is often misspelled Hincks.

ee also

References

*Heitman, Francis. "Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army 1789-1903", Washington, US Government Printing Office, 1903.

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NAME = Hinks, Edward Winslow
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = General
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DATE OF BIRTH = May 30, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH = Bucksport, Maine
DATE OF DEATH = February 4, 1894
PLACE OF DEATH = Cambridge, Massachusetts