The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-02-20
WHO'LL BE THE NEXT?
General Hancock Crosses the
Dark River and Joins the
EternalIy Retired List.
The superb Soldier Meets the
COnquer0r of All, and
Becomes His
Victim.

COnquerOr of All. and
Becomes His
Victim.
soldier ress thy warfare DER;
sleep the sleep that knows no breaking;
Dream of battle-felds no more.
Days of danger, nights Of waking"
New YORK, Feb. 9.-Maj. General
w. ;. Hancock, L. 5. A., died at
2:35 this afternoon. General Han
cocks death was the result of a
malignant carbuncle on the back of
his neck, which had confined him to
his bed for several days. No serious
alarm was felt until shortly before
he expired.
The news caused the profoundest
sorrow in commercial and financial
circles, as well as among business
men generally. When the sad event
was known in the Exchanges
the Custom House flags were imme-
diately ordered at half-mast. 1t had
not been generally known that Gen
eral Hancock was i'll and his death
was unexpected. General Hancock
was in Washington a week ago and
was obliged to return home without
paying his respects to the President,
the carbuncle which caused his
death having made its appearance
ON the Generals neck at the base of
the brain.
HIS DISEASE.
General Hancock had been ailing
for some time and had been unable
actively to attend to his military
duties on the Island. He suffered
from complication of diseases, but
still fought against his ailments un-
I'll recent development of a car
buncle while he was in Washington
compelled him to remain in his
house. From this attack he did not
rally, and his condition has been
considered precarious for a day or
two past.
His only son died last autumn, and
since then he has not been given the
strength to resist disease with the
determination he had previously ex-
hibited. When he expired his wife
was beside him. Upon the announce
ment of his death the flag at his
headquarters was displayed at half
mast, and telegraphic dispatches
were sent to the army stations in
the harbor, the army building at
Houston and Greene streets and the
Navy Yard, as well as to Washing
ton and other places, General Han
cocks condition had been the source
of much anxiety to the officers and
men of his department since the be-
ginning of the year.
HIS CAREER.
General Hancock was born in
Montgomery county, Pa, February
Ia, 1924. He graduated from the
West Point Academy in 1874, and
in 1916 received his commission as
lieutenant of regular infantry. He
served during the Mexican war, and
at it's close was quarter master of
his regiment. In 1855 he was APP
pointed captain in the quarter-mas
ter's department, and took part in
the Florida campaign against the
Seminole Indians. In 1861 he was
appointed Brigadier General of
Volunteers, and served in the army
of the Potomac. He accompanied
General McClellan's army to the
peninsula in 1862, and distinguished
himself at the battle of Williams
burg.
At the battle of Fredericksburg, in
December, 1862, he commanded a
division which suffered severely, and
for his meritorious conduct ON this
occasion received commission as
Major General of volunteers.
In the battle of Gettysburg, July,
1868, Hancock's division bore the
prominent part, although he, him
self was severely wounded in the ac-
ton. He recovered sufficiently to
return to duty December u, 1868,
but was unable to command body
of troops till April, 1864, when he
was promoted to the command of
the Second Army Corps, and was
engaged in all the battles of the
Wilderness campaign, from May 9Th
to June 10Th, 1864, when the break
ing out of the old wound received at
Gettysburg compelled him to leave
for a time. He returned to his COM
mand in July, and remained with it
till November 26, 1864, being subse-
quently engaged in lighter duties
till the close of the war.
He was promoted to be Brigadier
General of the regular army in Au-
gust, 1864, Brevet Maj. General
March ID, 1865, and Major General
United States Army July 26, 1866.
After the war Gen. Hancock was
successfully commander of the Mid
die Department (1S65-66), of the
Department of the Missouri 1866
67), of the Department of Louisiana
and Texas 1S67-69), and of the
Department of Dakota (1869-72.
Upon the death of General Meade,
November, 1872, the President, in
acknowledgement of his great mill.
tary services, appointed General
Hancock to the command of the De-
partment of the East, with his head
quarters at Governors Island, New
York, position which he held until
the time of his death.
In 1868 General Hancock was a
prominent candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination to the Presidency,
which, however, was given to ex-
Governor Seymour, of New York.
Securing the nomination in 1880, he
was defeated in the election by Mr..
Garfield, who received a popular ma
jority of 7,0lS and an electoral ma
jority of 40 over General Hancock.
We Tremble.
An epidemic of modesty is raging
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