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	Winfield Scott Hancock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 – February 9, 1886) was a career U.S. Army officer who served with distinction as a general in the American Civil War and ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States in 1880.
		Hancock was born in Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania, one of twin brothers, and named after the famous general Winfield Scott.
		Hancock thus was in temporary command of the "left wing" of the army, consisting of the I, II, III, and XI Corps, which demonstrated Meade's high confidence in him, because Hancock was not the most senior Union officer at Gettysburg at the time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winfield_Scott_Hancock (1557 words)

	Winfield Scott Hancock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Winfield scott (june 13, 1786 - may 29, 1866) was a united states general, diplomat, and presidential candidate....
		Hancock thus was in temporary command of the "left wing" of the army, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Hancock and the more senior XI Corps commander Oliver O. Howard[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link] argued about this command arrangement, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/winfield_scott_hancock.htm (3184 words)

	Dave Kopel & Co. on Winfield Scott Hancock and the NRA on National Review Online
		Hancock's policy was joyfully received by the south as a sign that the war was finally over, and by Northerners who looked forward to reconciliation and the restoration of constitutional government.
		Hancock recognized that there was a great deal of intimidation by carpetbaggers who had employed the threat of federal retaliation in order to prevent their political enemies from voting.
		Hancock was elected NRA president in 1881, based on hopes that his prestige as a nationally recognized and beloved figure would bolster the organization.
	www.nationalreview.com /kopel/kopel200407020018.asp (2702 words)

	Winfield Scott Hancock
		Hancock's superb presence and power over men never shone more clearly than when, as the 150 guns of the Confederate army opened the attack he calmly rode along the front of his line to show his soldiers that he shared the dangers of the cannonade with them.
		Just as the Confederate troops reached the Union line Hancock was struck in the groin by a bullet, but continued in command until the repulse of the attack, and as he was at last borne off the field earnestly recommended Meade to make a general attack on the beaten Confederates.
		After the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Hancock was placed in charge of Washington DC, and it was under his command that John Wilkes Booth's accomplices were tried and executed.
	www.nndb.com /people/010/000101704 (982 words)

	Pa Freemason May 03 - Winfield Scott Hancock
		Winfield Scott Hancock was one of twin brothers born Feb. 24, 1824 in Montgomery Square, 12 miles from Norristown, to Benjamin and Elizabeth Hoxworth Hancock, both native Pennsylvanians whose parents had emigrated from Germany and England.
		Winfield was named for a Mason and a hero of the War of 1812, Brother Winfield Scott.
		Hancock was given military command of Washington, DC and with it came responsibility for the trial and execution of the accomplices in the assassination.
	www.pagrandlodge.org /freemason/0503/hancock.html (1167 words)

	MOLLUS Commander-in-Chief Major General Winfield Scott Hancock
		Winfield Scott Hancock (named for the hero of the War of 1812) was born on February 14, 1824.
		Hancock was given command of a brigade in the II Army Corps consisting of the 49th Pennsylvania, 43rd New York, 5th Wisconsin, and 9th Maine Regiments.
		Hancock's use of the term "Revolution" for the secession of the Southern states is also of interest as that was a term often used by the Confederates themselves.
	suvcw.org /mollus/pcinc/wshancock.htm (1599 words)

	WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK - Original Member of the Aztec Club of 1847
		Hancock was also engaged in Battle at Molina del Rey and the Assault and Capture of Mexico City, after which he was assigned in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, MO, 1848.
		In the course of the Battle of Sharpsburg, Hancock succeeded to the command of the 1st Division of the II Corps after the mortal wounding of Gen. Israel E. Richardson.
		In 1880, General Hancock, who had received the votes of a number of delegates at the 1868 Democratic National Convention, was nominated at Cincinnati for the presidency.
	www.aztecclub.com /bios/hancock.htm (670 words)

	Winfield Scott Hancock
		From 1859 till 1861 Captain Hancock was chief quartermaster of the southern district of California.
		General Hancock now devoted himself to organizing and equipping a force as powerful as possible from the mass at his command; and his success was acknowledged in a despatch from the secretary of war.
		General Hancock's name was favorably mentioned in 1868 and 1872 as a candidate for presidential honors, and he was nominated the candidate of the Democratic party in the Cincinnati convention, 24 June, 1880.
	www.famousamericans.net /winfieldscotthancock (1717 words)

	Historic sites in Norristown, Pennsylvania - Civl War heroes from Pennsylvania and the Philadephia Region
		Winfield Scott Hancock, along with his twin brother, Hilary were born on February 14, 1824 at Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania to Benjamin and Elisabeth Hancock.
		Hancock’s military career was on the rise and he would be called upon to command some of the most difficult tasks that the Army of the Potomac would offer.
		Hancock was not idle during the attack and seemed to be everywhere on the battlefield directing regiments and brigades into the fight.
	philanet.com /hancock/wshhist.html (1245 words)

	AllRefer.com - Winfield Scott Hancock (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Made a brigadier general of volunteers in Sept., 1861, Hancock fought in the Peninsular campaign (1862); in the Antietam campaign he succeeded to the command of a division.
		Hancock, commanding the 2d Corps, played a conspicuous role in the Gettysburg campaign.
		Hancock led the 2d Corps in the Wilderness campaign and in the operations around Petersburg until Nov., 1864, when he left to recruit a new corps.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/HancockWS.html (349 words)

	WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK - LoveToKnow Article on WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He took part in the later movements under Winfield Scott against the city of Mexico, and was breveted first lieutenant for gallant and meritorious conduct.
		The battle of Gettysburg (q.v.) began on the 1st of July with the defeat of the left wing of the Army of the Potomac and the death of General Reynolds.
		After the assassination of Lincoln, Hancock was placed in charge of Washington, and it was under his command that Booths accomplices were tried and executed.
	www.1911ency.org /H/HA/HANCOCK_WINFIELD_SCOTT.htm (1071 words)

	Winfield Scott Hancock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Winfield Scott Hancock was one of twin boys born on February 14, 1824, to Benjamin Franklin and Elizabeth Hoxworth Hancock in Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania.
		Hancock he completed the program in 1844, graduating eighteenth in class of twenty-five, When the Mexican War began two years later, Hancock was on recruiting duty and did not reach the theater of operations until midway through the final campaign against Mexico City.
		Hancock was able to accept these developments during the Civil War by rationalizing that it was his task to implement, not make, policy and that they were neccitated by wartime exigencies.
	daphne.palomar.edu /marguello/sum02/Hist101/Santos203/winfield_scott_hancock.htm (319 words)

	Winfield Scott Hancock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Winfield Scott Hancock (a twin) was born on February 14, 1824 in Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania.
		Hancock was given command on the II Corps on May 22, 1863 and commanded the II, III and XI Corps at Gettysburg after being given wide discretionary powers by General George Meade.
		General Winfield Scott Hancock writes on June 24, 1864 from the headquarters of the II Corps to Major Daniel Butterfield about the fighting sustained by his men in the past fifty-one days (May 5-June 24, 1864).
	www.nav.cc.tx.us /library/civilwar/finding_aids/g_l/hancock.htm (540 words)

	Winfield Scott Hancock: Biography Of A Soldier
		Finally, on July 13, 1847, the young officer was transferred to Vera Cruz to serve under his namesake, General Winfield Scott, in the fight against the forces of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
		During this time, Hancock served as regimental quartermaster, and on October 1, 1849 was appointed adjutant, and aide-de-camp to General Newman S. Clarke, commander of the Sixth Infantry.
		In the interim, Hancock served briefly in Utah during the Mormon uprising of 1858-59 and, when the War finally came, he was stationed with his family in Los Angeles, California, once again far away from the field command he so desired.
	www.geocities.com /superbhancock/biography.html (874 words)

	HANCOCK THE SUPERB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hancock was born in Montgomery Square, near Norristown, Pennsylvania, in 1824.
		Winfield had a twin brother, Hilary, who showed some talent in his early years as a geologist, artist and cartoonist, but later became an alcoholic and skid row bum.
		Hancock's first years in the army were spent along the Red River in Texas and on the frontier fighting Indians.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/presidents_and_first_ladies/37676 (585 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: HANCOCK, WINFIELD SCOTT
		Winfield Scott Hancock, United States Army general, son of Benjamin F. and Elizabeth (Hoxworth) Hancock, was born at Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania, on February 14, 1824, and named after Gen. Winfield Scott.
		Hancock served in the Eastern Theater in command of a brigade on the Virginia Peninsula (March-July 1862) and at the battle of Sharpsburg (September 1862).
		Hancock died at Governors Island, New York, on February 9, 1886, and was buried at Norristown, Pennsylvania.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/HH/fha48.html (595 words)

	Major General Winfield Scott Hancock - One of the Heros of Gettysburg
		During the battle at Antietam, Hancock temporarily took over the command of the 2nd Corps when Israel Richardson was killed in the fighting.
		On the second and third day of the battle Hancock directed the action in the Union center until wounded by a nail and wood fragments that were driven into his leg by enemy fire.
		Hancock began recruiting the 1st Veteran Volunteer Corps, but results were poor and in early 1865 he took over command of the Washington D.C., Maryland, West Virginia, and Shenandoah Valley areas.
	www.swcivilwar.com /hancock.html (648 words)

	Winfield Scott Hancock Biography
		Born in Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1824, and although named for America's top military hero of the day, Winfield Scott Hancock was not originally intended for a military career; nevertheless he was destined to become one of the best corps commanders in the Union army.
		During the battle of Antietam, Israel B. Richardson was killed and Hancock was sent to command his division in the 2nd Corps-thus beginning an historic association.
		On the second and third days of the battle Hancock directed the Union center until wounded by a nail and by wood fragments-possibly from his saddle driven into his thigh by enemy fire.
	www.civilwarhome.com /hanbio.htm (592 words)

	HANCOCK, WINFIELD SCOT... - Online Information article about HANCOCK, WINFIELD SCOT...
		Williamsburg on the 5th of May 1862, was so brilliant that McClellan reported " Hancock was superb," an epithet always afterwards applied to him.
		year 1864 Hancock's part was as important and striking as in those of 1863.
		Hancock was in many respects the ideal soldier of the See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /GUI_HAN/HANCOCK_WINFIELD_SCOTT_1824_188.html (1448 words)

	Amazon.ca: Winfield Scott Hancock: A Soldier's Life: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hancock's views were set early on and he stuck by his beliefs in spite of Republican domination of both the government and the army.
		We also find out that Hancock was one of the best cursers in the Union army and that he and General Zook could be counted on to lighten the mood of the second corps every so often with a heated exchange of some of the finest swear words known to man.
		He also manages to handle Hancock's political campaigns both for the Democratic Presidential nomination and as his party's candidate without getting his reader lost in the jungle of politicans most of which the average reader would not have heard of.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0253365805 (932 words)

	Winfield Scott Hancock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Winfield Scott Hancock was one of twin boys born on February 14, 1824 to Benjamin and Elizabeth Hancock in Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania.
		From his father Winfield inherited a powerful respect for the law that would shape his behavior in war and peace.
		Hancock was over six feet tall and weighing 170 pounds, with a dark, imperial beard and deep blue eyes, he “had a presence that inspired both awe and respect.”
	daphne.palomar.edu /marguello/sum02/Hist101/Hiew547/winfield_scott_hancock.htm (272 words)

	Winfield Scott Hancock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hancock was born on Febuary 14, 1824 in Montgomery Square, PA. He graduated from West Point in 1844.
		In September of 1861 Hancock was appointed Brig.
		In August 1864 he was promoted to Brigider General in the Regular Army and was put in command of the Department of West Virginia.
	members.tripod.com /~Fringrose/Hancock (152 words)

	Winfield Scott Hancock's report of the Battle of Gettysburg
		General Hancock was one of the Union heros of the Battle of Gettysburg.
		This is Hancock's report of that epic Battle of Gettysburg.
		Respectfully forwarded to the Adjutant-General, with request that General Hancock's report of the battle of Gettysburg, forwarded some time since, may be altered as suggested within.
	www.swcivilwar.com /HancockReportGett.html (5422 words)

	Winfield S. Hancock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Winfield Scott Hancock commanded II Corps, Army of the Potomac.
		On the Third Day, Hancock's II Corps, in the center of the Union lines, bore the brunt of the fighting during James Longstreet's assault with the divisions under George Pickett (I Corps, ANV) and James J. Pettigrew and Isaac Trimble (III Corps, ANV).
		Hancock was wounded during the assault but refused to be carried from the field until the results were clear.
	schwartz.eng.auburn.edu /ACW/lrtmap.docs/hancock.html (470 words)

	AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS: GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 12/29/1872
		On July 7, 1865, General Hancock, in charge of the military district around Washington, D.C., led the four convicted Lincoln conspirators from their jail cells to the scaffold on which they were to be executed.
		A little before 2PM, General Hancock clapped his hands twice, the pre-arranged signal for the soldiers to knock down the timbers holding up the four trap doors.
		In 1880, Hancock was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for President.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/3_2005/justice/87604-GENERAL-WINFIELD-SCOTT-HANCOCK.htm (214 words)

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