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

view, but with characteristic nobilit,
and maSnanEity he disclaimed all desir
for the position and urged the retentio,
ct Gen. Meade. Resnming command O.
the Secord Corps, which was in winte,
quarters, lo was ordered by the authori
ties at Washington to proceed North to
recruit the decinated ranks of that celc-
DRAFTED corps preparatory to the ensuing
spring operations. Accordingly he est;,b-
lished his head quarters at HARRISBURG.
| and visited other States in enlistinw vol
'nteers His high reputation and great
popularity made him emnently success.
full in this service. While discharrinn
his duty, the City Council Of Phladal-
! phia rendered him Il re> e>cption in Inde-
pendence Hall, and he also received the
hospitalities ofNew York, Albany, Bos-
ton and other cities.
In March, 1864, he returned to the
held and assumed command ofhis corps,
whose numbers had been augmented to
80, 600 by constellation with the gallant
old Third Corps. He wasa prominent fig
ure IN the battle of the Wilderness. On
the 10th of May he commanded the Sec
ond and Fifth Corps at the battle Of the
Po. On the 18th the Second Corps
pouncrd upon the encmy's position, n"ar
Spottsylvania c. H., in Il dense fog, at
the hour of day light in the morning.
Hancock commanded his corps in this as
sault, by which he captured the enemv's
works, nearly 5000 prisoners, twenty
pieces OF artillery. more than thirty col
ors, several thousand stand Of small arms
ard other paraphernall of war.
He again assaulted the encmy's posi-
ton in front of Spottsylvania, May Is,
and on The 10Th repulscd an attack made
upon one of his divisions by Ewclrs
Corps. He was an active participant in
the engagements of North Anna, Tolopo.
tony and Cold Harbor, and in the earlier
and later operations Of the army near
Petersburg that year. During all this
time he vas suffering severely from the |
wound received at Gettysburg, which |
had never fully closed, compelling him |
to often leave his horse and rldo IN an |
until contact with the enemy |
again summoned him to the saddle. On |
the 9th of July, 1864, he crossed the |
Deep Bottom, on the north bank of the |
James River, and i'll conjunction with |
Sheridans cavalry, attacked and carried |
Il portion of the cnen'ys works, capturing
four pieces Of artillery. In August he
made another expedition to Deep Bottom.
In these operations, which continued Il
week, he had a series cf sharp engage
nents, during which he broke the enc
ny's lines and carried off more Of his ar
5illery. On the 18th of August, two di-
visions OF his corps were sent to destroy
he railroad ut hcam's Station, thi:tcen
niles distant from the established lines
If the Union army at Petersburg. The
elnaindcr of oho troops held their posi-
ion to the general line. Anticipating
rouble at that separate operation, Ham
ock was .ot easy until he had proceed
ID to join that portion of his command in
'crson. The issue showed that his anX-
city was justified. BY withdrawing
roops from the intrenchmcnts, at Peters
urg, and sending them round to the
abroad the enemy concentrated in his
ront, soon outnumbering the Union for.
es three to one. Hero Hancock fought
mother heroic fight at close quarters, his ,
orse being shot from under him in the
ssault. Two months later he fought {
ne battIe et the Boydton Road, where he c
lptured thousond prisoners and sever c
stands of cO'orS. g
At the request of Secretary Stanton Il
ld by order of the President, he was {
rlcrcd to Washington to recruit and n
,mmand an army corps of veterans to +;
,nsist Of 50,G0g men. Whilc the recruit h