The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-02-18

Dorlue his residence IN this CITY
Gen. Hancock became warmly attached
to the people ii Of 3 Minnesota, and be
made na%es ultimate trsn Ss ss
nominated for athe presid ency, he receivcd the
strongest possible support from the Democrats
Of the statd. I have met Gen, Hancock many
t%ns pss sin hss
tlons with Gen. Grant. Gen. Hancock told ma
himself -
was perfectly satisfied that Gen. Grant felt diff
terently toward him than what he understood.
From that time up to Con. Grants death, they
high opinion OF Gen. Grants Integrity, and
when assaults were made upon him, Con. Ham
cook championed his cause. Gen. Hancock died
IN ape sao Tie highest so IN
where will his loss be more sincerely nourncd
than in Minnesota III
EARLY DAYS. ifilss5
Winfield Scott Hancock was born near Mont
Romcry Square, Pa, Feb 4. 4 1924 He was
educated at the village academy ~, Norristown
nance appointed INN in 1910. q. 8. Grant was
one Of his classmates. 4 He graduated inS1 1874,
and was assigned TO duty With the Sixth regt--
ent Infantry VIII sne fanS g. second aisnsen
the Red river till the breaking ont OF the Mexi-
can war, when his regiment Was ordered to join
tho army Of Gen. Wtnhsld SCOT ", Hancock was
Of the struggle, when he participat in the
battles Of Contreras, Cher busco, Molino del Rsy
and Chapultepeo. On the conclusion OF peace
In In 1919 he married Almira, daughter & Of
Samuel Russell, o merchanb OF 3d. Louis.
sou and daughter blessed the union. After o
brief term Of service in Florida, tho sixth regi-
ment was ordered firstito Kansas and then 10
California. The march was made across the
Continent, and this is probably the longest oon-
tinuous march ever mado by. q body 81, troops.
In 1861 tho war Of secession oroRe oms: AZ his
East, though not without delay; and In Sep
TENDER Of the year named he landed In New
York. Without pausinE e ylsie his parents ne
Ic was at first ordered into the commtssary,..
but Gen. Mcclellan recommended him for d
brigade, and after delay Of few days he re-.
ceyed the IS
Smith. His command comprised the Forty
ninth Pennsylvania, the Forty;third New YORK,
tho Fifth Wisconsin. and the Ninth Maine. HIS
out the earlier movements Of the war and the
Pennsylvania campaign Gen. Hancock bore q
prominent part At the battle Of Cold Har-
Dor he captured Secretary ~ Lamar, saen g
the fight at Antietam Gen. Hancock
was sent to the command Of the First division
in place of Gen. Richardson, who fell there. AT
fredericksburg his division sustained the brunt
that DAYS fight. 1t Charlottesville he had a
horse shot under him. Soon after this battle he
was promoted to command OF tue second corps.
Gen. Hancock was sent by Gen. Meade,
then in command Of tho army, to examine the
field. and 1t was upon his report that TINT be-
attempt to get by the Union lines and flank our
armies from the North Hancock placed the
armies Us they came up. and when daylight of
the % Of July broke, Lee was confronted by
TO- 600 veterans. At noon, when Hancocks d1.
vision was resting OIL captured ground. the en-
omy's batteries were concentrated upon him.
Here occurred the grandest charge in the battle,
The rebels sent their finest bricndes down
upon Hancock and met with a repulse that lett
1000 dead nnd wounded and cost 5000 pris-'
oners. Hancock was wounded as the close ct
this battle. A shell from the enemy had struck
a fence and sent big rusty nail into his thigh,
splintcring the bone and making an ugly flesh.
wound. Meade thanked him on the field OF bat
tie and the congress OF the United States re-
wound was found to BIO severe and he went to
his parents home Mt Norristown to recover. He
paid q hasty visit to West Point. and retired to
his own home at Longwood. near St. Louis. It
was winter before he Joined his command; and
even then, his wound continued to rive him
much trouble. The thigh bone was shattered,
and pieces would work ont and reopen the
recruiting duty. In Philadelphia he was ten
dered public reception in Indeuendenoe hall,
In New, York magnificent reception wos
rendered him In the governors room at the city
hall. At Albany the legislature paid him honor;
and in Boston the general court Invited him to a
seat on the floor Of the house. At later date a
lmagntfcen tly-monnted sword WINS voted to him
trail Sanitary fair in Philadelphia costly ard
beautiful set Of horse equipments was voted
him as the most popular soldier Of the war. Be-
fore spring he resumed his command. Grant
had come East to assume personal direction oil
the army v OF the Potomac. which was
divided into three grand @ divisions, the
right Of whiehs the Second corps: was
In the operations on the Rapidan and In the
battle OF the Wilderness Hancock's division did
the hardest fighting. Gen. Grant placed the
shs sss
wound he received at Gettysburg gave Hancock
great trouble, He was finally compelled to re-
Sign his command fora time. Hesoon returned,
andtn time to DO III the buttle Of Malvern Hill.
where he lost 5000 men. On Nov. 26; 1854. he
was recalled to WASHINGTON, with orders to re-
Gruit veteran corps for service on other fields,
was made major general in the regular army. and
first given command over the Central military
Department.; then over that OF Louisiana and
Texas. where the utmost tirmness and prudence
manded the department. OF Dakota, having his
Headquarters at St. Paul. where he and his FAM
w made large circle Of friends. On the death
Department of the East, with HEADQUARTERS at
New York, where he remained until his death
At the PENNSYLVANIA state convention of 1860
he was rendered by his numerous friends tbs
Democratic nomination for governor Of his
nntive state--an honor which he then and has
since declined. f.5-sET = - - N.' N4aa
AZ A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. ~
IN the. Democratic NATIONAL; convention tc,d
IN ew. York In 1868. Hancock was urged for the
presidential nomination. On the eivhteentb'
bailos he received 144la votes, the largest MN.
Der given any candidate except Pendletnn ,sh,,
on the twelfth ballot, had received AZ 10 yn,eo'
BIZ On the wenty-second Horatio Seymour WIS
nominated by the unanimous vote Of The snn ns
vention. In 1872 his name was prominenti,
mentioned before the Liberal Republican con,
vention a. Cincinnati" At the Democratic co, y
=, At Cincinnati in $50 his name was nut
IN nomination by Daniel Doughersy OF pbilal
delnhta The break. for Hancock oceurred It nn
ithe second ballot, which. wien revised r. ~
inc general 5O5 Of tho 73s votes cast. II abe
electoral college Gen Hancock had 155 Votes
49, Georgia. Kentucky, Louisiana. Marvia iudf
MMlss,ssippi Missouri. Neyada, New Jersar NortL
Cnroiina South Carolina, Tennessee Texas W.
Rlnia and West Virvinia Gen. Garfield hsd ia
votes and was elected. Since 1880 Gen H ~.
cock mas lived quietly ut his homa .on-zna,l
ernors island in New York harbor. 0ov- =
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