and hastily returned to his lines. The 14th Tennessee carried 12 battle honors on its flag. The devotion to duty shown by Sergeant Major Hincks gave encouragement to many of his comrades at a crucial moment of the battle. Post War At the end of the war, Major Hincks returned to Bridgeport and became engaged in the mercantile business. He became known for careful and sound judgement and gained him a solid reputation as business advisor. He became custodian for many business trusts. As his business career continued to bloom, he also became vice-president and secretary of many business organizations in Bridgeport. For many years he was treasurer and secretary of the City Saving's Bank of Bridgeport. Hincks helped P.T. Barnum found the Barnum Museum and Bridgeport Hospital. He also wrote about local history. He married Mary Louise Hart in 1866 and they had three sons. They lived in a house on Park Avenue and Prospect Streets that has since been demolished. He was a deacon in his church and involved in many community activities. He died at the age of 62, on November 7, 1903, and was buried at the Mountain Grove Cemetery and Mausoleum in Bridgeport, Connecticut. His son, William Thurston Hincks, was a lawyer who married Maud Morris, who was the vice president of the suffragist movement in Connecticut, and also the first woman in Connecticut to get a drivers license. See also List of Medal of Honor recipients List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: G–L Notes References External links 1841 births 1903 deaths People from Bucksport, Maine Burials at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport Union Army soldiers Union Army officers United States Army Medal of Honor recipients American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor Military personnel from Connecticut People of Maine in the American Civil War