Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886

American army officer and politician.

Union Army officer, from Montgomery Co., Pa.

Army officer.

Winfield Scott Hancock graduated from United States Army Military Academy; became a second and first lieutenant in the 6th Infantry Regiment; captain in Quartermaster Dept.; brigadier general, 1st Brigade, 2nd Division IV Corps; major general in 1st Division, II Corps; II Corps; I Veteran Corps; commanding general, Middle Military Division; Middle Military Dept., Dept. of the Gulf and 5th Military District and the Military Division of the Atlantic.

Commander of the Military Department of the Missouri, Aug., 1866-Aug., 1867, and leader of a controversial Mar. 22-May 9, 1967, military expedition from Fort Dodge to Fort Riley, Kansas. The object of this expedition was to meet with the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa, and other tribes, and to maintain peace in the region by displaying U.S. military power.

Winfield Scott Hancock was a decorated Union officer during the Civil War. Recognized for his success in repulsing the Confederate forces at Gettysburg, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in 1864 and later major-general. In 1867 he commanded the Department of Louisiana and Texas, where his proclamation giving civil tribunals jurisdiction was heralded by local government but disapproved by Congress. He was relieved of command and transferred to the Department of Dakota (1870-1872), later the Division of the Atlantic (1872-1886), and finally to the Department of the East. In the National Democratic Convention of 1868 he received votes for the presidential nomination and in 1880 he was nominated for president by the Democratic Party, which he lost to James A. Garfield.

Union general.

Hancock, a career U. S. Army officer, commanded the 2nd Corps in the Army of the Potomac during the later years of the Civil War. He ran for president unsuccessfully in 1880.

General Winfield S. Hancock (1824-1886) was an American Army officer and Civil War general. He is particularly remembered for his personal leadership at the Battle of Gettysburg. He was also the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1880.

American army officer and politican.

Winfield Scott Hancock was a decorated Union officer during the Civil War. Recognized for his success in repulsing the Confederate forces at Gettysburg, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in 1864 and later major-general. In 1867 he commanded the Department of Louisiana and Texas, where his proclamation giving civil tribunals jurisdiction was heralded by local government but disapproved by Congress. He was relieved of command and transferred to the Department of Dakota (1870–1872), later the Division of the Atlantic (1872–1886), and finally to the Department of the East. In the National Democratic Convention of 1868 he received votes for the presidential nomination and in 1880 he was nominated for president by the Democratic Party, which he lost to James A. Garfield.

"Winfield Scott Hancock." Dictionary of American Biography Base Set. American Council of Learned Societies, 19281936 reproduced in Biography Resource Center. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRCBiography (accessed March 2008).