Author: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery-in-ChiefPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 104
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In Memoriam, Major-General Winfield Scott Hancock, United States Army
Author: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery-in-ChiefPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Letters and Addresses Contributed at a General Meeting of the Military Service Institution, Held at Governor's Island, N.Y.H., February 25, 1886
Author: Military Service Institution of the United StatesPublisher:
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Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Reminiscences of Winfield Scott Hancock
Author: Almira Russell HancockPublisher:
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Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Reminiscences of Winfield Scott Hancock by Almira Russell Hancock, first published in 1887, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Life of Winfield Scott Hancock, Major-general, U.S.A.
Author: Frederick Elizur GoodrichPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 400
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In Memoriam. Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, United States Army
Author: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United StatesPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 84
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The Life of Winfield Scott Hancock
Author: Frederick Elizur GoodrichPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 386
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In Memoriam
Author: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United StatesPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 94
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Winfield Scott Hancock, Major-General, U.S.A.
Author: James Sanks BrisbinWinfield Scott Hancock
Author: David M. JordanPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253210586
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
An excellent biography of one of the principal commanders of the Civil War who was also a renowned politician after the war. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Hancock the Superb
Author: Charles River Charles River EditorsPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781548278304
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Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
*Includes pictures of Hancock and important people, places, and events in his life. *Includes battle maps of Gettysburg, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, and more. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. "General Hancock is one of the handsomest men in the United States Army. He is tall in stature, robust in figure, with movements of easy dignity...In action...dignity gives way to activity; his features become animated, his voice loud, his eyes are on fire, his blood kindles, and his bearing is that of a man carried away by passion - the character of his bravery" - Regis de Trobriand Winfield Scott Hancock was an intimidating figure who impressed friends, foes, and fellow generals alike. Known as Hancock the Superb after McClellan described his performance as such during the Battle of Williamsburg in the Peninsula Campaign of 1862, Hancock eventually rose to become the Army of the Potomac's greatest corps commander. Though his reputation and legacy gradually faded over time, Hancock was one of the North's foremost war heroes by the end of the war, and he nearly became president in 1880 when he was just barely defeated by a less decorated Civil War veteran, James Garfield. Nobody in the Army of the Potomac was in the thick of its biggest battles as often as Hancock and the men he commanded. Hancock superbly led his brigade during the Peninsula Campaign, temporarily commanded a division at Antietam in the center of the lines at the Sunken Lane, and his division was the last to withdraw across the river during the Battle of Chancellorsville. After the Battle of Chancellorsville, he fortuitously became the new II Corps commander in the Army of the Potomac, just in time to deliver his greatest performance of all. At Gettysburg, Hancock was the commanding general in the field on Day 1, as Meade and the rest of the Union army arrived later that night. On Day 2, Hancock's men assisted Sickles' III Corps when Sickles disobeyed orders and moved it forward, creating a gap in the Union lines. And on Day 3, Hancock's greatest day of the war, he was seriously injured and nearly bled to death while leading his men in their decisive repulse of Pickett's Charge. Hancock's injury was excruciatingly painful, but he was back in command for the 1864 Overland Campaign, where his men played crucial roles in the Battle of the Wilderness, the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, and the Battle of Cold Harbor. By the end of the Civil War, Hancock was one of the highest regarded generals in the North. Like Confederate corps commander James Longstreet, Hancock's reputation was attacked after the war because of politics. His Northern brethren were critical of his opposition to the execution of Mary Surratt for the Lincoln assassination, they were enraged when he was lenient on the Southern military district he governed during Reconstruction, and the final straw came when he ran as a Democrat in 1880. It would take nearly another century before Hancock's reputation and legacy were revived by Michael Sharaa's Killer Angels, a historical fiction about the Battle of Gettysburg that examined the friendship between Hancock and Confederate General Lewis Armistead, who was mortally wounded by Hancock's men during Pickett's Charge. By the time Ken Burns' Civil War documentary had renwed interest in Gettysburg and the Civil War, Hancock was as popular as ever. Hancock the Superb: The Life and Career of General Winfield Scott Hancock chronicles the life and career of one of the Union's most indispensable generals, humanizing the courageous and fiery man who was respected and admired by his men and his superiors alike. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events in his life, you will learn about Winfield Scott Hancock like you never have before, in no time at all.