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Winfield Scott Hancock was a United States Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the Mexican–American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War. Known to his Army colleagues as "Hancock the Superb," he was noted in particular for his personal leadership at ...
Winfield Scott Hancock. Winfield Scott Hancock (ur. 14 lutego 1824 w Montgomeryville, Pensylwania, zm. 9 lutego 1886 w Nowym Jorku) – amerykański generał i polityk Partii Demokratycznej. Wstąpił do armii amerykańskiej, walczył w wojnie amerykańsko-meksykańskiej. Wziął udział w wojnie secesyjnej, walczył w bitwie pod Gettysburgiem.
Born in 1824, his parents named him after the War of 1812 hero, Winfield Scott. Hancock attended West Point and was stationed in the Red River Valley following graduation. He first saw combat during the Mexican-American War, serving under the invading U.S. army led by his namesake. After the conclusion of the war, the military stationed him in ...
5 de may. de 2017 · On May 5, 1862, elements of Union General George B. McClellan’s army attacked the rear guard of General Joseph E. Johnston’s retreating army near Williamsburg, Virginia, resulting in an inconclusive fight. After the battle, the Federal army continued their campaign and moved toward Richmond.
Winfield Scott Hancock. February 14, 1824–February 9, 1886. General Winfield Scott Hancock was one of the more successful Union commanders during the American Civil War. In 1880, he also was the Democratic Party’s candidate for President of the United States of America against Republican and Ohioan James Garfield.
Hancock was born near Norristown, PA in 1824. His father was a lawyer who fought under General Winfield Scott during the War of 1812. His mother was of Welsh descent and ran a millinery store in Norristown. Her father and grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Hancock graduated in the class of 1844 from West Point.
27 de nov. de 2022 · ONE OF THE enduring legends of the Civil War is the friendship of Lewis Armistead and Winfield Scott Hancock, long-time friends who fought against one another in the most famous attack of the war, Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg. Armistead was a brigadier general in the Confederate army; Hancock commanded the Union’s Second Corps.
