Edward Winslow Hincks (May 30, 1830 – February 14, 1894) was a career United States Army officer who served as a brigadier general during the American Civil War.

In March through May 1864, he commanded the prison camp at Camp Lookout, Maryland[4] before being assigned to command the 3rd Division of the XVIII Corps, composed entirely of United States Colored Troops, led by white officers.

When the division was rolled into the XXV Corps, Hincks was sent north to perform recruitment duties and to enforce the draft.

[5] On December 3, 1867, President Johnson nominated Hincks for the award of the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general in the regular army, to rank from March 2, 1867,[6] for his service at Petersburg[1] The U.S. Senate confirmed the award on February 14, 1868.

After he retired, he served as governor of the National Military Home for Disabled Veterans in Hampton, Virginia (1870–73) and in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1873–80).