Connecticut western news., 1886-02-17
The Late General Hancock.

Maior-Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock, con- manding the Military Division of the Atlantic, Department of the East died Tuesday af ter noon, at his home on Governors Island, from diabetes, aggravated by carbuncle. He had been ill only week, and it was not until Mon day that fatal termination of his illness was apprehended. On January 27, General Han cock. attended by Lieutenant Dapray, went to Washington on private business. On Thurs day, the 18th, he called upon President Cleve- land, and then upon the Secretary of War and then on LieuG-Gen. Sheridan. All that day he complained to MT. Dapray of a boil on the back of bis neck. On Friday it troubled him so that he went to the United States Army Dispensary, where Surgeon O'Reilly lanced the boil and greatly relieved him, and he returned to his headquarters.
 Kidney troubles, which had not been sus- pected, showed themselves on Monday. Phy- sicians decided that the condition of their patient was serious, and warned Mrs. Hancock that death might be near at hand. On Mon- day night, however, the General seemed very comfortable, but at o'clock Tuesday morn ing Gen. Hancock's condition was alarming. As his wife stood at his bedside, "Oh, Allie Myra," said the General in 8 weak voice. Good" He could say nothing more, and gradually sank until 2:58 p. m., when he dled
 Gen. Hancock and his twin brother, Hil- ary, were born on St. Valentine Day, Feb. 14, 1894, in the little town of Montgomery Square, Montgomery County, Pa. He entered West Point, and graduating, was assigned to the 9th Infantry, receiving his commission ln 1S46. He served in the Mexican war and was promoted for gallantry. At the breaking out of the late war he was a quartermaster with the rank Of Capt. He was appointed Quarter master-General and assigned to Gen Robert Anderson's command in Kentucky. But Gen. Mcclellan who knew him personally urged that he be made 8 Brigadier- General, which was done by order of President Lincoln, hia commission being issued on the 23d of Septem- Der, 1861. ing severely wounded at the battle of Gettys- burg, and after the war was over he organized the First Veteran Corps, composed of men who had served two years He was subse- Quently pnt in command of the Army of the Shenandoah, in which command he remained until the assassination of President Lincoln in April, 1865. On the 23d of that month Gen. Hancock took command in Washington and remained there during all the exciting times that followed, up to the hanging Of Mrs. Surratt He was in command of the Division of the Atlantic in 1868, when his name was first prominently mentioned in connection with the Presidency. The Democratic Con- yention which nominated Seymour gave on one vote IA votes for Hancock. In 1S69 General Hancock was relieved of the command of the Division of the Atlantic and assigned to the Division of Dakota, where he renamed until 1872 when he was again put in command in New York. In 1878 his headquarters were removed to Governors Island, where he after ward resided. In 1880 he received the Demo cratic nomination for the Presidency against Gen. Garfield, and had 155 votes in the Eleo- toral College, against Garfield's 214.
 Gen. Hancock's last appeara ance in public was when, under the orders of the Secretary of War, he directed the national ceremonies attendant upon Gen. Gi ants funeral, and commanded the United States military and naval forces taking part therein. No one fig ure was more striking in the great procession that marched to Riverside Cemetery than that of the chivalron soldier who was so soon to follow his old commander to the grave.