Contains the following types of materials: correspondence, genealogies, biographies, and newspaper clipping. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: Mexican War; 1848-1860; Civil War -- Eastern Theater; Indian Wars, 1865-1891. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: 6th US Infantry Regiment; Quartermaster Department; VI Corps; First Brigade; 2nd Division; IV Corps; II Corps; I Veteran Corps; Middle Military Department; Department of Missouri; Military Division of the Atlantic; Department of the Gulf; Fifth Military Division. General description of the collection: The Winfield Scott Hancock papers are general officers papers which include 29 letters (mostly personal) sent to General Hancock (1863-1885). Correspondents include: Charles Francis Adams, John Quincy Adams, Jr., John Jacob Astor, August Belmont, W.W. Corcoran, William Endicott, Rutherford B. Hayes, Abram Hewitt, Mary Todd Lincoln, Robert T. Lincoln, George McCrary, Count of Paris, John M. Schofield, Edwin M. Stanton and Samuel J. Tilden. Some letters concern Mrs. Hancock. Also includes a biographical documentary on Hancock done by various officers on his service; two scrapbooks concerning his presidential campaign and his death. Some genealogical materials such as a personal letter to Mrs. Joseph Adams (1810) and genealogies of the Croke, Griffin, Jansen, McPhaedres, and Pickering families.
