CDV- Autographed by Edward Winslow Hinks Brevet Brigadier General – SOLD

Edward Winslow Hincks, was born in Maine, and eventually moved to Massachusetts. When the war began, he dropped the “C” in his last name and did not use it until he left the U.S. Army in 1871.  Before the war, he was a printer, and a Massachusetts member of the House of Representatives.

During the war, he first commanded the 8th Mass. Infantry for three months in the Baltimore area, as “Minutemen, or first defenders, who were among the first regiments to answer Lincoln’s call for 75,000 volunteers to defend the capital.  His next command was colonel of the 19th Mass. Infantry, and was seriously wounded at the Battle of Antietam, Md. He was promoted to brevet brigadier general of volunteers in November of 1862. Hink’s last command during the war was commanding the 3rd Division in the XVIIi Corps (US Colored Troops).  Hinks received a promotion to brevet major general at the end of the war, and continued serving in the Regular Army, as colonel of the newly established 40th U.S. Infantry.  He retired in 1870.

The image was taken by Kimball & Son, Concord, NH.  Signed on the back, “Brig. Gen Edw W. Hinks US Vols.”

Soiled but very good otherwise.

Gil Barrett Collection – comes in a gray mat.