Edward Winslow Hincks

In 1860 he was a 30 year old clerk in Lynn, MA. In April 1861 he was commissioned 2nd Lt. in the 2nd US Cavalry, then accepted Lieutenant Colonel of the 8th Massachusetts Infantry. In May he was promoted its Colonel. In August 1861 he was selected Colonel of new 19th Massachusetts, and campaigned with them at Ball's Bluff, on the Peninsula campaign, and at Glendale, where he was wounded. He returned to his Regiment for the Maryland Campaign.

He was seriously wounded in command his Regiment on September 17th, and command fell to Lieutenant-Colonel Devereux.

In November 1862 he was appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers, and served on court martial and recruiting duty, was a prison camp commander, and commanded the 3rd Division/18th Corps (US Colored Troops) at Petersburg. He then had draft and recruitment duties.

Continuing in US Army service he was Lt Colonel of the 40th US Infantry in 1866, transferred to the 25th Infantry in March 1869, and retired at the rank of Colonel in December 1870.

His service from Heitman,1 as Edward Ward Hinks. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

5/30/1830; Bucksport, ME

02/04/1894; Cambridge, MA; burial in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA