{{Short description|Union Army general}} {{Infobox military person | name = Edward Francis Winslow | birth_date = {{birth date|1837|9|28}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1914|10|22|1837|9|23}} | image = Edward Francis Winslow.png | caption = Winslow, Fourth Iowa Cavalry | nickname = | birth_place = [[Augusta, Maine]] | death_place = [[Canandaigua, New York]] | burial_place = Canandaigua, New York | burial_label = Place of burial | allegiance = [[United States|United States of America]]<br />[[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] | branch = Army | service_years = 1861–1865 | rank = [[File:Union Army colonel rank insignia.png|35px]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]<br />[[File:Union Army brigadier general rank insignia.svg|35px]] [[Brevet (military)|Brevet]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]] | unit = [[4th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry|4th Iowa Cavalry Regiment]] | commands = | battles = {{tree list}} * [[American Civil War]] ** [[Siege of Vicksburg]] ** [[Battle of Brice's Crossroads]] ** [[Battle of Tupelo]] ** [[Battle of Westport]] ** [[Battle of Selma]] {{tree list/end}} | awards = [[Brevet (military)|Brevet]] | relations = | other_work = Railroad executive }}
'''Edward Francis Winslow''' (September 28, 1837 – October 22, 1914) was an American soldier, railroad executive, and merchant who served as [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]] and [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] of the [[4th Iowa Cavalry Regiment]] during the [[American Civil War]] from 1864 to 1865. Winslow participated in numerous [[Union Army]] campaigns of the [[Army of the Tennessee]], including the [[siege of Vicksburg]].
==Early life== Winslow was born on September 28, 1837, to his parents Stephen Winslow and Elizabeth Bass, in [[Augusta, Maine]].{{Sfn|Greene|1915|p=217}}{{Sfn|JUSCA|1915|p=377}} Winslow was a descendant to [[Kenelm Winslow]], an [[Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)|English pilgrim]] who traveled to [[Plymouth, Massachusetts]], in 1629.{{Sfn|Greene|1915|p=217}}{{Sfn|JUSCA|1915|p=375}} Winslow was educated in the [[common school]]s of Augusta during his childhood.{{Sfn|JUSCA|1915|p=377}} In the spring of 1856, Winslow traveled to [[Mount Pleasant, Iowa]], where he entered the [[mercantile business]].{{Sfn|Stuart|1865|p=609}}
==American Civil War== In the fall of 1861, the [[American Civil War]] began, and Winslow enlisted as [[Captain (United States O-3)|captain]] of Company F of the 4th Iowa Cavalry Regiment on October 14, 1861, being commissioned on October 24.{{Sfn|Scott|1902|p=102}} On January 3, 1863, Winslow was promoted to [[Major (United States)|major]] of the regiment.{{Sfn|Stuart|1865|p=609}} Winslow participated in the siege of Vicksburg, where he was posted to the rear of the siege lines to protect the army from [[Joseph E. Johnston]]'s Confederate forces near [[Jackson, Mississippi]].{{Sfn|Stuart|1865|p=610}} Winslow was promoted colonel of the 4th Iowa on July 4.{{Sfn|Stuart|1865|p=609}} For the next year, he commanded cavalry brigades in the Army of the Tennessee, being engaged in the battles of [[Battle of Meridian|Meridian]], [[Battle of Brice's Crossroads|Brice's Crossroads]] and [[Battle of Tupelo|Tupelo]]. In October 1864, he commanded the 4th Brigade in [[Alfred Pleasonton|Alfred Pleasonton's]] cavalry division during [[Price's Missouri Raid]]. He was wounded at the [[Battle of Westport]], and command of his brigade passed to [[Frederick Benteen]]. A few days later, he returned to the field in command of a brigade in [[James H. Wilson|James H. Wilson's]] cavalry corps and fought at the battles of [[Battle of Selma|Selma]] and [[Battle of Columbus (1865)|Columbus]]. After Union troops seized Columbus, he was placed in command of the city, where he led the destruction of the ironclad ram [[CSS Muscogee|CSS ''Jackson'' (CSS ''Muscogee'')]], as well as the arsenal, the armory, and many factories. Winslow received a brevet promotion to brigadier general, dated December 12, 1864. On April 16, 1865, Winslow commanded the [[3rd Iowa Cavalry Regiment|3rd Iowa Cavalry]] and [[4th Iowa Cavalry Regiment|4th Iowa Cavalry]] in an assault during the [[Battle of Columbus (1865)|Battle of Columbus]], which is considered by many to be the last battle of the Civil War.{{Sfn|MSIUS|1915|p=359–375}}<ref name="lastbattle" />{{Sfn|JUSCA|1908|p=785}} General Winslow himself later wrote on January 23, 1914, "I have always considered that engagement, by the number present and the results achieved, to be the final battle of the war".{{Sfn|MSIUS|1915|p=374}} He was discharged from service on August 10, 1865.{{Sfn|Greene|1915|p=219}}
==Later years and death== After the war, Winslow served as a railway executive. In November, 1879, Winslow took charge of the [[Manhattan Elevated Railway]].{{Sfn|JUSCA|1915|p=388}} After a year he became executive for the St. Louis & Southern Railroad and the [[Atlantic and Pacific Railroad]].{{Sfn|JUSCA|1915|p=388}} During this time Winslow became president of the [[New York, Ontario and Western Railway]], the Manhattan Elevated Railway.{{Sfn|Greene|1915|p=219}}{{Sfn|JUSCA|1915|p=388}} Winslow was also appointed inspector for the Government of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] by president [[Ulysses S. Grant]] on its completion.{{Sfn|JUSCA|1915|p=388}} Winslow spent his last 20 years in the city of [[Paris]], France.{{Sfn|JUSCA|1915|p=388}} Winslow died of [[heart failure]] on October 22, 1914, in [[Canandaigua, New York]], and was interred there on the 25th.{{Sfn|JUSCA|1915|p=375}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="lastbattle">{{Cite web |title=Daniel Bellware, "The Last Battle of the Civil War" |url=http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bellware/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802123814/http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bellware/ |archive-date=2017-08-02 |access-date=2010-02-26}}</ref> }} ===Sources=== {{div col|colwidth=45em}} * {{Cite book|last=Greene|first=Richard|url=https://archive.org/details/newyorkgenealog46newy|title=The New York genealogical and biographical record|publisher=[[New York Genealogical and Biographical Society]]|year=1915|volume=46|pages=217–219|language=en}} * {{Cite journal |title=Forgotten Cavalrymen |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_armor_1915-01_25_105|journal=Journal of the United States Cavalry Association|pages=375–389|publisher=U.S. Armor Association|year=1915|volume=25|issue=105|ref = {{harvid|JUSCA|1915}}}} * {{Cite book|last=Stuart|first=Addison|url=https://archive.org/details/iowacolonelsregi00stua|title=Iowa colonels and regiments|publisher=Des Moines, Mills & co.|year=1865|pages=609–620|language=en}} * {{Cite book |last=Scott |first=William Forse |url=http://archive.org/details/rosteroffourthio00scot |title=Roster of the Fourth Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers, 1861-1865 : an appendix to "The story of a cavalry regiment" |date=1902 |publisher=New York : J. J. Little |others=New York Public Library}} * {{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_armor_1908-04_18_68 |title=Journal of the United States Cavalry Association 1908-04: Vol 18 Iss 68 |year=1908 |publisher=U.S. Armor Association |via=Internet Archive |language=en|ref={{harvid|JUSCA|1908}}}} * {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f15AAAAAYAAJ |title=Journal of the Military Service Institution of the United States |date=1915|volume=56|pages=359–375|language=en|ref={{harvid|MSIUS|1915}}}} {{div col end}}
== See also == * [[Bradley Winslow]], distant cousin who also served as a colonel in the Civil War and was also brevetted Brigadier General * [[Cleveland Winslow]], distant cousin who also served as a colonel in the Civil War
==External links== *{{commons category-inline}} * [https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/2/resources/412 Edward Francis Winslow's] papers are housed at the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections & Archives
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