. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . 344 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (volunteer). BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL EDWARD W. HINKS, Brevet Major-General Edward W. Hinks wasborn in Maine, and was appointed second lieutenant ofthe Second United States Cavalry, April 26, 1861, butresigned his commission June 4, 1861. He was appointedlieutenant-colonel of the Eighth Massachusetts InfantryApril 30, 1861, and colonel May 16, 1861. He was en-gaged in cutting out the United States frigate Constitu-tion from Annapolis harbor, and in Baltimore, Maryland,to Juh, 1861, and
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . 344 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (volunteer). BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL EDWARD W. HINKS, Brevet Major-General Edward W. Hinks wasborn in Maine, and was appointed second lieutenant ofthe Second United States Cavalry, April 26, 1861, butresigned his commission June 4, 1861. He was appointedlieutenant-colonel of the Eighth Massachusetts InfantryApril 30, 1861, and colonel May 16, 1861. He was en-gaged in cutting out the United States frigate Constitu-tion from Annapolis harbor, and in Baltimore, Maryland,to Juh, 1861, and then participated in the action of BallsBluff, Virginia. He was honorably mustered out oi thethree months service August 1, 1861. General Hinks entered service again as colonel of theNineteenth Massachusetts Infantry, August 3, 1861, andparticipated in the Peninsular campaign of the Army of thePotomac, being engaged in the siege of Yorktown, actionof West Point, and battles of Fair Oaks, Oak Grove,Peach Orchard, Savages Station, White < )ak Swamp, andGlendale, where he was severely wounded. Recovering from his
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