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Hancock Cemetery is a historic cemetery on the Hancock Adams Common, across from the United First Parish Church, in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. It is named after Reverend John Hancock Jr. (1702–1744), father of Founding Father John Hancock.
- January 28, 1982
- 1640
- 2 acres (0.81 ha)
- Hancock St. in Quincy Sq., Quincy, Massachusetts
Riley Graveyard is a 17th-century grade II listed cemetery in Eyam, Derbyshire. History. The cemetery, on the outskirts of Eyam, contains the graves of the Hancock family who died during the outbreak of the plague that spread from London to the village in 1666.
- 12 October 1984
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- Early Life and Family
- Early Military Career
- Civil War
- Post-War Military Service
- Election of 1880
- Later Life
- Legacy
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- References
- Further Reading
Winfield Scott Hancock and his identical twin brother Hilary Baker Hancock were born on February 14, 1824, in Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania, a hamlet just northwest of Philadelphia in present-day Montgomery Township. The twins were the sons of Benjamin Franklin Hancock and Elizabeth Hoxworth Hancock. Winfield was named after Winfield Scott, a pro...
Mexican War
Hancock was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the 6th U.S. Infantry regiment, and initially was stationed in Indian Territory in the Red River Valley. The region was quiet at the time, and Hancock's time there was uneventful. Upon the outbreak of war with Mexico in 1846, Hancock worked to secure himself a place at the front. Initially assigned to recruiting duties in Kentucky, he proved so adept at signing up soldiers that his superiors were reluctant to release him from his post. By...
Marriage and peacetime
Hancock served in a number of assignments as an army quartermaster and adjutant, mostly in Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and St. Louis, Missouri. It was in St. Louis that he met Almira ("Allie") Russell and they married on January 24, 1850. Allie gave birth to two children, Russell in 1850 and Ada in 1857, but both children died before their parents. Hancock was promoted to captain in 1855 and assigned to Fort Myers, Florida.Hancock's young family accompanied him to his new posting, where Allie H...
Joining the Army of the Potomac
Hancock returned east to assume quartermaster duties for the rapidly growing Union Army, but was quickly promoted to brigadier general on September 23, 1861, and given an infantry brigade to command in the division of Brig. Gen. William F. "Baldy" Smith, Army of the Potomac. He earned his "Superb" nickname in the Peninsula Campaign, in 1862, by leading a critical counterattack in the Battle of Williamsburg; army commander Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan telegraphed to Washington that "Hancock w...
Gettysburg
Hancock's most famous service was as a new corps commander at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1 to 3, 1863. After his friend, Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds, was killed early on July 1, Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, the new commander of the Army of the Potomac, sent Hancock ahead to take command of the units on the field and assess the situation. Hancock thus was in temporary command of the "left wing" of the army, consisting of the I, II, III, and XI Corps. This demonstrated Meade's high confidence...
Virginia and the end of the war
Hancock suffered from the effects of his Gettysburg wound for the rest of the war. After recuperating in Norristown, he performed recruiting services over the winter and returned in the spring to field command of the II Corps for Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign, but he never regained full mobility and his former youthful energy. Nevertheless, he performed well at the Battle of the Wilderness and commanded a critical breakthrough assault of the Mule Shoe at the "Bloody Angle...
Execution of Lincoln assassination conspirators
At the close of the war, Hancock was assigned to supervise the execution of the conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln had been assassinated on April 14, 1865, and by May 9 of that year, a military commission had been convened to try the accused. The actual assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was already dead, but the trial of his co-conspirators proceeded quickly, resulting in convictions. President Andrew Johnson ordered the executions to be carried out on July 7....
Service on the Plains
After the executions, Hancock was assigned command of the newly organized Middle Military Department, headquartered in Baltimore. In 1866, on Grant's recommendation, Hancock was promoted to major general and was transferred, later that year, to command of the military Department of the Missouri, which included the states of Missouri and Kansas and the territories of Colorado and New Mexico. Hancock reported to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and took up his new posting. Soon after arriving, he was...
Reconstruction
Hancock's time in the West was brief. President Johnson, unhappy with the way Republican generals were governing the South under Reconstruction, sought replacements for them. The general who offended Johnson the most was Philip Sheridan, and Johnson soon ordered General Grant to switch the assignments of Hancock and Sheridan, believing that Hancock, a Democrat, would govern in a style more to Johnson's liking. Although neither man was pleased with the change, Sheridan reported to Fort Leavenw...
Democratic convention
Hancock's name had been proposed several times for the Democratic nomination for president, but he never captured a majority of delegates. In 1880, however, Hancock's chances improved. President Hayes had promised not to run for a second term, and the previous Democratic nominee, Tilden, declined to run again due to poor health. Hancock faced several competitors for the nomination, including Thomas A. Hendricks, Allen G. Thurman, Stephen Johnson Field, and Thomas F. Bayard. Hancock's neutrali...
Campaign against Garfield
The Republicans nominated James A. Garfield, a Congressman from Ohio and a skillful politician, as well as a former general from the Civil War. Hancock and the Democrats expected to carry the Solid South, but needed to add a few of the Northern states to their total to win the election. The practical differences between the parties were few, and the Republicans were reluctant to attack Hancock personally because of his heroic reputation. The one policy difference the Republicans were able to...
Hancock took his electoral defeat in stride and attended Garfield's inauguration. Following the election, Hancock carried on as commander of the Division of the Atlantic. He was elected president of the National Rifle Association in 1881, explaining that "The object of the NRA is to increase the military strength of the country by making skill in t...
Winfield Scott Hancock is memorialized in a number of statues: 1. An equestrian statue on East Cemetery Hill on the Gettysburg Battlefield. 2. A portrait statue by Cyrus Dallinas part of the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg. 3. An alto-relievo representing Hancock's wounding during Pickett's Charge, on the New York State Monument at Gettysburg. ...
"REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT BY THE INDIAN PEACE COMMISSION, JANUARY 7, 1868", in Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the Year 1868, (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1...Cluff, Mary Lynn. "Winfield Scott Hancock." In Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History, edited by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler. New York: W. W. N...Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.Goodrich, Frederick Elizur (1886). Life of Winfield Scott Hancock, major-general, U.S.A.Boston, B. B. Russell.Chalfant, William Y. Hancock's War: Conflict on the Southern Plains. Norman, OK: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2010. ISBN 978-0-87062-371-4Cole, J. R. (1880). The life and public services of Winfield Scott Hancock, major-general, U.S.A. Also, the life and services of Hon. William H. English. Cincinnati, Douglass Brothers.Dennison, Charles Wheeler; Herbert, George B. (1880). Hancock "the superb" : the early life and public career of Winfield S. Hancock ... including also a sketch of the life of Hon. William H. Engli...John Wien, Forney (1880). Life and military career of Winfield Scott Hancock : [and,] biographical sketch of Hon. Wm. H. English. Philadelphia: Hubbard Bros.- 2
- 1844–1886
- Hancock the Superb
- Major General
5 de oct. de 2022 · Stop 1: Rev. William Tompson (1666) The tour begins with Hancock Cemetery's earliest surviving gravestone (not to be confused with its earliest burial). Reverend William Thompson was the town’s first minister and a leading Puritan clergyman, known for his intellect, zeal, and brooding personality. The stone, carved by William Mumford, a ...
Hancock Cemetery dates from the earliest years of European settlement (1630s) and was the community’s main burial ground until 1854. The cemetery’s graves include generations of the Adams and Quincy families, Rev. John Hancock, father of the great patriot leader, and veterans of the American Revolution, War of 1812 and the Civil War.
. Memorial at a Glance. HONORS: Union Civil War general Winfield Scott Hancock. DATE DEDICATED: August 25, 1881. LOCATION: Pennsylvania Avenue NW at 7th Street NW. SCULPTOR: Andrew Ellicott. MEDIUM: Bronze on a granite base.
El cementerio de Hancock es un cementerio histórico en Hancock Street en Quincy Square, al otro lado de la calle de la primera iglesia parroquial de United en Quincy, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos. Lleva el nombre del reverendo John Hancock (1702-1744), padre del fundador John Hancock.
