Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-06-30

being in the advance, and survey
ing the situation, sent back word
TO Gen. Meade that Gettysburg Wa
the place for the fight and Meade
at once acted on his information.
On the third day. HsDcocks
lines sustained csnnoDade Of tvo
bours from 100 guns, under cover
of which Longstreets corps OF
eighteen thousand men were mass
ed for a final assault on the Union
position. During this csnnonsde,
and during the infantry attack that
followed it, Hancock rode up and
down his line, from Cemetery Hill
toward Roundtop, encouraging his
men by his voice 20 stand firm and
repulse this coming attack, and
when Longstreet at last launched
bis force, the flower Of the rebel
army, on Hsncock's position, be
was met with . resistance more
stubborn and bloody than any 9th
er in modern history. As is well
known, this last assault Of Lee
failed. OF that attacking force
5000 men surrendered to Han
cocks troops and thirty stand OF
colors were taken. Exposing him
self without the slightest scruple or
thought for his own safety or life,
as was bis custom, just as the enc
my's force was turned back, and
with broken lines began bis retreat,
Hancock fell desperately wounded.
While lying on the ground, Just in
rear of bis line of battle, be dis
patched bis aid to General Meade,
with the following message: "The
/ troops under my command have
repulsed the enemy's assault, and
we have gained a great victory.
The enemy is now flying in all di-
rections in my 'front.'" The aid in
delivering this message, added the
information Of which Gen. Meade
was then ignorant, that Genera
Hancock was desperately wounded
General Meade sent back the fol-
lowing reply: "Say TO General
Hancock that / am sorry that he is
wounded, and that ! thank him for
the country and for myself for the
service he has rendered to-day
For such services no thanks and
no reward could be adequate
Congress, by joint resolution three
years later, thanked General Han
cock for his gallant, meritorious
share in that great and decisive
victory.
During the winter he went
North to recruit for the twenty-sec-
ond Corps, and was everywhere re-
ceiyed with honors, including q
formal reception by both houses o.
Legislature at Albany. In March
1864, with the Twenty-second
Corps well recruited and the TbirC
Corps added. he began the campaign
of the Wilderness in command o
$4,000 men. At Spottsylvania, OF
May ~, by an assault at dsybresk
be carried the enemy's position
taking 5000 prisoners, thirty stant
Of colors and twenty pieces o
artillery.
For a month subsequent be va
engaged in all the active operations
from Spottsylvaina to Cold Harbor
and crossed over to take q share il
the assault upon Petersburg. Th'
hardships of the campaign reopene'
his Gettysburg wound, and he con
Quoted his movements in intens
pain until his constitution brok
down. He retired from his com
, mand for a few days, but soon n
! ter resumiDg, crossed to the mort
4, of the James and fought the battle
: of Deep Bottom, Reams' Static
and Boydton Road. In Novembe
, he was ordered to Washington :
! recruit a corps consisting entirely {
, veterans $4,000 strong, and he va
: then put in charge of the divisio
: embracing the department Of Wes
: Virginia, Pennsylvania and WASH
: ington, with headquarters at Wiz
{ chester. But the surrender at Al
D pomattox rendered unnecessary th
3 advance he was expected to max
: upon Lynchburg with Q force &
3 100000 men. In 1866 he was pre-
E NOTED to be Najor-General 10 th
D army and assumed command Of th
D Department of the Missouri engae
{ ing in the campaigns OF that yea
!, against the Indians.
t In November, 1867, he was o,
: dered tn assume command Of tn
y Fifth Military District, with heat
q quarters at New Orleans. He {
= once issued his famous "Gener'
g Order No. 40" to the people ,
g Louisiana and Texas. Gener
: Hancock informed them that b
4 took command in accordance wit
r the orders he had received fro
!, the headquarters of the army, b,
It that he did not propose to Tn
them by military orders at ALL
r He congratulated the people Of Il
e southwest that peace and qui
d reigned-among them. To best pr
k serve that state Of things he pr
IT posed to let the civil authoriti,
D execute the civil laws. War
,e regarded as only necessary to d
Is stroy opposition to lawful authorit