William B. Hincks

William Bliss Hincks (1841 – November 7, 1903) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.

Hincks was born in Bucksport, Maine on and entered service at Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism on July 3, 1863, while serving as a Sergeant Major with the 14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, at the Battle of Gettysburg. His Medal of Honor was issued on December 1, 1864.

He died at the age of 62, on November 7, 1903, and was buried at the Mountain Grove Cemetery and Mausoleum in Bridgeport, Connecticut.