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Potomac to the Peninsula, and was
actively engaged in the siege Of York
town during the month Of April.
For his gallantry during the siege he
was specially complmeinted III tue
dispatches of the Commanding Gen
eral of the Army. The phrase,
Hancock was superb" ran through
out the country, from Maine to Cali
fornia. His subsequent conspicuous
services at Golding's Farm, Garnett's :
Hill, White Oak Swamp, and other
engagements during the Seven Days
Fight, which closed with the victory
at Malvern Hill, led the General-in-
Chief to urge his promotion to Major
General Of volunteers.
In the fall of 1862, after the return
of the Army OF the Potomac from the
Peninsula, he took part in the move
ment on Ccntreyille, Va. Ia the
Maryland campaign of the same year
he commanded his brigade at Cramp-
tons Pass, South Mountain, Oh the
18th of September. Three days af-
terward, on the battlefield of Antie-
tam, he was placed in command of
Gen. Richardson division when that
gallant officer fell mortally wounded.
At the battle of Fredericksburg in
December, he led his division in the
assault on Marye's Heights, where
he lest half his command i'll killed
and wounded, and where he and all
his aides were wounded. At the bat
tie of Charlottesville, in May, 1868,
he covered the roads leading towards
Fredericksburg, where his troops
maintained their position to the last,
and formed the rear-guard Of The
army in moving OIL the field. The
in that battle. Early in June he re-
Iicved Gen. Couch in command o
the Second Corps, and later III The
same month was assigned by Mi
Lincoln TO be its permanent com
mander.
Hancock guarded the rear Of tn.
army on the march to Gettysburg
Reynolds WAS in advance in command
: of three army corps, and after he ha,
fallen or the first day, Gen. Mead
, sent Hancock forward to take com
mand Of the forces Oh the battlefield
Upon his arrival he checked the enc
mv's advance, and sent word to Gen
) Meade that the position should b
held, as Gettysburg was the poin
, where the great impending bait!
should lie fought. In accordanc
, with these suggestions Gen. Mead
hurried forward all his forces. OI
; the second day Hancock commando
: The left centre Of the army, ami re
constructed the line of battle pierce
= hv the enemy in many places, so tha
= at night his position stood intact n
= in the morning. On the third day
= WAS his high fortune to "cpulsc tn
| assault of Gen. Longstreet, hut onl
[ litter n contest Of the most stuhhcr
0 aud sangninary character. Fly
e thousand PRISONERS, thlrty-seVe
1 stand OF colors, and many thousan
+ stand Of arms were among the tropl
q, les OF this victory. At the momel
= OF his triumph Hancock fell despcI
G. ately wounded. While lying on til
$ ground on his line Of battle, he sci
g an aide to Gen. Meade, commandln
= the Army Of the Potomac: ''Ie
t Gen. Meadc,' he said, >'the trool
:, under my command have repulse
a the cncmv's assault and we have gail
=. ed great victory. The enemy
II now flying in all directions from m
@ 'front.' The officer who conveyc
# this message to Gen. Meade, adde
: that Gen. Hancock was dangerousl
i wounded. "Say to Gen. Hancock,
}. said Gen. Meade, "that l am sor,
o he is wounded, and that | thank hi
It for the country and for myself, fl
l. the service he has rendered to-day.
If By joint resolution of Congre
Gen. Hancock received the unan
nous thanks of that body for h
N ''gallant, meritcrious and conspic'
1t Gus share in the great and decisi'
r victory at Gettysburg. The resol
ton passed by Congress was as fo
e lows:
r s'For the skill and heroic valo
st which at Gettysburg, repulsed, d
ii feated and drove back, broken al
te dispiritcd, the veteran army of Il
n rebellion, the gratitude Of the Anne
l. lean people and the thanks of the
n representatives in Congress are lilS
oil wise due, and are hereby tendere
to Mai. Gen. Winfield $. Hanco
ia for the gallant, meritorious and co
ne spicuous share in the great and d
at cisive victory
r, After the battle he was borne
r the field hospital and thence to l
st fathers home at Norristown, z;
us where he lay for many weeks and 81
of fered great agony from his woun
,r- The bullet was finally extracted, b
=, he was unfit for duty until the folio
es ing December. In December,
though his wound was still unheale
I'd he reported again at Washington
ny active duty in the field. At tt
It's time, after the battle of Mine Ru
TIL he was prominently talked of in
" cabinet councils for the command
" the Army of the Potomac, and "
OF retained in Washington with til
he view, but with characteristic nobili