The daily gazette., 1880-06-26
Hancock and English.
Hanoock's Military Record Con-
tInued.
BATTLES OF THE WILDERNESS.

was still unhealed, he reported again |
at Washington for active duty in the
field. At this time, after the battle
of Mine Run, he was prominently |
talked of in Cabinet councils for the !
command of the Army of the Poto-
mac, and was retained in Washing
ton with that view, but with chare-
teristic nobility and magnarimiiy he |
disclaimed all desire for The position |
and urged the retention of general
Meade. Resumiug command OF the |
I'd Corps, which was now IN winner
quai ters, he was soon reoue Led by
the authorities al Wa .Firo on TO
proceed TO The Noith 10 &C b the
dec miuated anks Of thai celeb eted
corps prepai atory to he ensuing
spring operators. Acco dir " lie
ostab'ished d rs headqrNl .ers He,-
risbr g d ,'si,ed oShe. 5 loeo in
enl's,. g volun.eers. F'sf'.h lepu-
taion and 1 eat populplc' d de
him emincu ~ srcce; ~ ~ - sor-
vice. VILE di cia"oirg ~ dc.y
the Civ Councils OF fhilade, phia
rendered BIN i''e homo o. a rccep-
ton in Independe1ce Fa.i ard he
also received The hoso'.cl - Of
New York, Albany, -,os.o, an6
o'her cities. In March. 1861, ne e.
IT, ned 10 the field ID a. ned COM
ma I'd of bis COZ p, whose nrmber
had been augmented 10 $1,000 by
consolidation wiCh tne gallaly ole Sd
Corps. He was q pion'ihent f., re
in The battles of the Wilder ness,
where, at the crisis in the tioht, he
commanded, in addition to h'g own
corpse, paris Of the )Uh, Oh, aad
9th, amour cineEjn all to fully o0,Oc0
men. When the enemy h'd pla lied
his coloi on a portion Of our breast
works, General Hancoc,, accom-
panied by bis staff; Win swords IN
sheathed, rushed forwa"d With bis
Loops and, was largely iusarumen al
in. securing The success which. beat
back the foe and regaincd The line.
On the 10th of May he commanded
the I'd and 5th Corps al the battle Of
the Pc. On the 18th The I'd Coz ps,
aiter a midnight march, poanced
upon the enemy's fortified posi,,on
near Spottsylvatia Court House, in
a dense fog, at the hour of daylight
in the morning. Hancock command
ed bis corps in this renowned as
sault, by which he carried the
enemy's works, nearly 5000 prison.
ers, twenty pieces Of artillery, more
than thirty colors, several thousand
stand of small arms and other
paraphernalia of war. This was
undoubtedly The most brilliant and
bloody operation of the Army of
the Potomac during the campaign OF
1864, and had it taEen place separate
Iy from the other actions of that
season, would have been considered
one of the most decisive battles of
the war. He, again assaulted the
enemy's position in front of Spott-
| sylvania, May Is, and on the 10Th
successfully repulsed an attack made
upon one Of his divisions by Ewell's
corps. He was an active participant
in the engagements at North Anna,
Tolopotomy, and Cold HarooI, and
in the earlier and later operations of
the armv near Petersburg that year.
During all this time he was srferirT
severely from The wound received at
Gettysburg, which had never fully
closed, compelling him to often
leave his horse and ride in an am
bulance until contact with the enemy
again summoned him 20 the saddle.
For ten days his wound IOrced BIN
to lelinquisn The immediate command
of his corps. Although still continuing
with his t,oop3, but al The expiration q
that time he WAS Lam at lis head, az
lively participating in t1e Pei sr,bars
operations. Meanwhile he was promo
ted TO the tnk of biisad er- ger elIl- ia
the regular my. On he 27th of Jrly,
1864, he Clio .ad 80 Dc p Bonom, on lie
uollh b1rk Of the james river, apd in
conjunction wi.iI Size idan's lva'y ia
attacked aud car d ? portion OF he
enemy's wo. Es, cgp,J't,Dg, smonZ er
trophies. iorr p,-ces OF s,titltiy. ia
August he made second expedii on TO
Deep Bottom in command of his own
corps, the 10Th Corps, aud GIesg's d.S4-
sion OF calvI.y. l., ,le Q op, '.tio $.
which conlinu' d We K, be hLd Aar'e
of she,p enGa.em :, o. ng Which
he broke he cue ny's mrs nd =. ed
off more of his a'irlcry. Hsvi be
again recalled TO The .iDes In f:pni OF
Petersburg, lie 81 Iiui'Y withdrew bis
forces, and aiter wea,y mP ch of more
than twenty m ics tnat pigl az we'd IA
time 10 wifnesJ the explo ion ol Burl-
side'A Ii'ue. On ,.e 25Sn o'i psi,
Two div $50. !, of his 5rJJ WEI ? It d
destroy ihe abroad at EeaTs' S alto,
thrice Il miles d,s.4rt nom he - Ak
lisheJ Ines o. our am a( Per = /
The .rMaiuce~ %, his oops held he, !
assigned poa N in The gelesai me.
Anticipating Poub'e AZ at eenaiafe
operation, Hancock wa roa cas5 all
he had proceeded 30 JON that go Jon
of his command ju per ~. Tie ue
showed that his ir"ie,y was ju1,ifitd,
By Withdrawing :'ocn from the in.
trenchments at Pc ersbrlg and end /
ing them round 10 the railro. d, he ell
emy concentrat-d d in his for soon |
outnumbeling our forces three 40 oAe. !
Here Hancock fought another heroic
fight at cloae quartets, his hol5e being
shot from under him i'll the assault.