Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-07-03

ell to Gen. Grant: have captured
from thirty to forty guns. l have
| finished up johnson, and ana going
into Early.0 Though he did mol
know it at the time, he had nearly
captured Gen. Lee and well-nigh
cut the rebel army in two.
Gen. Hancock took part in the
battle at North Anna, May 23d and
24th, when he storlned and took an
ugly fertilization or bridge-head on
this side, under command of Nc
Laws division of Longstreet's corps.
lie crossed the river on the morn
ing of the oath, and established
himself on the south side. June 3d
he WIS engaged at the second battle
of Cold Harbor, and in the opera
tions about Petersburg, until June
10Th, when his old Gettysburg
wound broke out afresh, SO that he
was compelled to go on the sick list.
He afterward resumed command,
taking part in the fight at Reams'
Station and in the advance to
Hatcher's Run, until November 26,
when he was called to Washington
to organize the first corps of Veter-
ans, which he did, of $1,000 men.
After the q
a ~ CLOSE OF THE WAR q
He was placed successively in com
manduOf the middle. department,
(18G576), the department of Missou-
ri (1866-7), of louisiana and Texas
(1867-S), Of Dakota (fS70-2), and, on
the death of Gen. Meade in Nov.
1872, of the department of the east
He was. once before candidate for
the nomination of a democratic con-
vention for the presidency, and that
was in July, 1868, when, ON the first
ballot, he received 334 votes out of
BIT, which number gradually in
creased to 144I on the eighteenth,
this being, with the exception of
I45J cast for Pendleton on the twelfth
ballot, the greatest number. of votes |
given to any candidate for the nom
ination until the nomination, when
lforatio Seymour received the TN
animous vote of the convention. |
In 1872 he was also prominently be-
fore the country as a candidate, and
at the Pennsylvania state cOnVen-I |
ton in 1869 was nominated for the
governorship of the state, but de-
clined the honor. He-married jan |
uary. "a, 1850, Almira, the Oldest
daughter of Samuel Russell, of the /
firm of Bennett d Russell, who
were prominent. commission mer-
chants of St. Louis, Mo, AT West /
Point Hancock graduated eight
zenith in his class, and formed a life
long friendship for Gems. Grant,
Reynolds, Ord and Au-
CUR. 1t has been said of his mill
Iary character that all during the
war not a plan of his was ever
changed, and the battle of Gettys-
burg alone attests his great military
genius. 1t was at one time after
MS wound, when he was ordered to /
the talk of official cir
lies that he would be placed in
of the army of the POto-
mac, but with modesty as becom-
ng as it is rare, he disclaimed all
lesire for the position. When the
var first broke out he was stationed
1t Los Angeles, California. Here
ne promptly came out for the IN
on and was of great influence in
taying the storm of secession that
vas then brewing. He speedily re-
ported at Washington, reporting for
ervice, was assigned to duty as
'hief quarter-master on the staff of
len. Robert Anderson. Before he
ook this position, Gen. Mcclellan,
Who knew his man, got him to be
appointed a brigadier-general by
4.esident Lincoln.