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Edward W. Hinks ( May 30 , 1830 - February 4 , 1894 was a career 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 United States Cavalry, but was soon after offered a volunteer commission as commander of the 19th Massachusetts infantry. Hinks saw service at Ball's Bluff, on the Peninsula campaign, and at Glendale, where he was wounded. He returned to his Regiment for the Maryland Campaign, but was seriously wounded in command his Regiment at Antietam on September 17th. He received a promotion to Brigadier General of the 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 lieutenant colonel with the 40th US Infantry, before retiring at the rank of colonel in 1870. His last name is often misspelled Hincks. REFERENCES
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