Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17

ardson's division when that gallant off.
Ger fell lnortally wounded
At the battle of Eredricksbur in De.
ccmber, he led his division in til. assault
on Malye's Heights, where he lost hall
his command in killed and wounded, and
when he and all his aids were wounded.
AZ the battle of charlottesville, III May,
| 1853, he covered the roads leading to-
wards Fredericksburg, where his troops
maintained their position t. the last, and
formed the rear guard Of the army in
moving off the field. The Generals
| horse WAS shot under him in that battle,
Early in June he relieved Gen. Couch in
command of the Second Corps, and latter
i'll the same month was assigned by Mr.
| Llncola to be its permanent commander.
| Hancock guarded the rear of the army
on the march to Gettysburg. Reynolds
| was i'll advance j II COMMA nd of three army
| corps, and after he had fallen on the first
| day, Gen. Meade sent Hancock forward
to take command of tho forces on the
battle field. Upon his arrival he checked
tie enemy's advance, and sent word to
| Gen. Meade that the position should be
held, as Getty ysbllrg was the point where
the glcat impending battle shond be
fought. III accordance with these suw-
gcstions Gen. Meade hurried forward all
his forces. On the second duy Hancock
commanded the left centre of tue army,
and reconstructed the line of battle bier
ced the enemy in many places, so that ut
nlJlt his nOSi; ion 81 oDl iurnrt IN I,o
morning. On the third day it was his
nigh fortune to repnise the assault of
Gen. LonSstreet, but only after II contest
of the most stubbon and san.uinary char
acter. Five Thousand prisoners, thirty
seven stand of c0lOrs, and many thou
sand stand Of arms were among the trop-
HES of this victo ry. At the moment of
his triumph Hancock fell desperately
wounded, While lying on the ground Oh
his line of battle, he sent an aide to Gen.
Meade. commanding the Army of the
Potomac: Tell Gen. Meade" he said, |
the troops uuder my command have re-
pulsed the enemy's assault and we have |
gained great victory. The enemy is !
now flying in all directions from my |
flont.'' The officer who conveyed the |
message to Gen. Meade, added that Gep.
Hancock was dangerously woundc1. |
''SHy to Gen, Hancock" said Gen. Meade, |
''that am sorry he is wounded, and that
thank him for the country and for my
self, for the service he has rendered to-
day." BY joint resolution of Congress
Gen. Hancock received the unanimous
thanks of that Eody for his "gallant,
mcIitious and conspicuous share in that i.
great and decisive victory" at Gcttys-
burg. The resolution passed by Congress
was as follows:
"For the skill and heroic va!or, which
1T Gettysburg, repulsed, defeated and
lrove back, broken and dispirted, the
veteran army Of the rebellion, the graft
ude of the American people and the
hanks of their representatives in Con-
,ress are likewise due, and are hereby
endercd, to Mai. General Winfield Scott
Hancock for his gallant, meri :orious and
conspicuous share in that great and de-
esive victory."
After the battle he was borne to the l
ield hospital and thence to his fathers +
.ome at Norristown, Pa, where he Law [
or many weeks aad suffered great agony {
rom his wound. The bullet was finally |
Xtracted, but he was unfit for duty un- q
il the following December. In Decem- t
er, although his wound was still unheal- C
d, he reported at Washington for active a
uty in the field. At this time, after the
attic of Mine Run, he was prominently Il
llked of in cabinet councils for the com o
land of the Army of tho Potomac, and C
as retained in Washington with that C