Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-13

llle neck. from INC ClleCt5 bl WHICH ne
has been confined to his bed for several
days. His condition was such, howoy-
er, as not to cause serious alarm, and
his death WAS entirely unexpected Gen.
Whpple has assumed temporary com
mand Of the post.
New YORK, Feb. 10.
The whole country was shocked yes
terday afternoon by the brief telegraph
ic message from Adjuant General
Whlpple, on Governors Island, am
nouncing the death Of General Winfield
S. Hancock, Senior Major General U.
S. Army, and Commander of the Mill
tary Division Of the Atlantic. The sad
intelligence was Immediately conveyed
to the remotest corners of the county,
and as if by magic the flags appeared at
half-mast on the various public build
ings in the city. Within an hour the
telegraph wires leading into the head
quarters were burdened with messages OF
condolenceNnd tender sympathy with
the bereavcd widow, whose grief over
whelmlng, and of tributes to the Gener-
ais private and public virtues as Il citi-
zen as well as to his greatness as a com
mander
The news Of his death was all the
more startling from the flct that few,
even Of his intimate friends, had any
knowledge that his illness was consider
ed to be serious. AS late as Saturday
last he was in his private office attend
ing to his official duties. When he
went to Washington two weeks ago, a
slight eruption on his neck, near the
base Of the brain, gave him some unea-
siness, and the inflammation increased
SO rapidly that on Friday, january
29th, he had it lanced bv DR.. O'ReilIy,
the attending surgeon in Washington
at the headquarters OF the army. The
eruption continued to discharge freely,
and the loss OF blood was such rs to
make very percepGble difference in
his usual robust appearance, and imme-
diately after his return to Governors
Island, week ago, the General sent for
DIR. Jno. II. Janeway, attending sur
geon of the department, who soon per-
ceiyed signs of 4 carbnncle To his eX-
perlenced eye the evidence of this was
unmistakvble Next day the carbunclc
appeared, and it gradually grew worse
although Dr. Jancway did not consider
the condition Of his ilIustrous patient
past the point OF speedy recovery until
Sunday night, the 9Th inst, when de-
cidedly unfavorable symptoms set in,
accompanied by delusion The malady
had then touched the brain, and there
appeared to be good ground for the
opinion that his days were numbered.
Proper nouriahment, consisting of con-
centrated beef tea, milk and stimulants
were judiciously administered. Col,
Charles Sunderland, Medical Director
on the Island, co-operatcd with DR..
Janeway in attendance on the patient,
and the General cheerfully assisted his
physicians in all that was done for him.
Winfield Scott Hancock was born Feb
ruary H. 1924, in Montgomery county,
Pa. lie graduated at West Point in
1874, and served monthly on frontier
duty till 1916, and afterward in the
Mexican war He was brevetted as
first lieutenant for gallant conduct in
the battles Of Conucras and Churu.
buscO.
From 1S4S to 1853 he was again on
frontier duty in various parts, and from
1859 to 1861 was quartermaSter Of the
Southern district of California.
At the breaking out OF the civil wal
he was recalled to Washington and wa,
made brigadier general of volunteer,
September 26, 1861. During the Pen
insular campaign he was especially con
spicuous at the battles Of WILLIAMSBURG.
and Frazier's Farm. He took an &C
tive part in the subsequent campaign il
Maryland at the battles Of South Noun
tain and Antietam,
Having been made major general h,
commanded division at Fredercks
burg and Charlottesville, On July
1868, the first day Of the battle OF Get
tysburg, he was sent by Gen. Meade t
decide whether decisive battle SHOULD
be given them, or whether the arm.
should fall back. He decided it wa
the place to fight, and took immediat
command till Gen Meade arrival. Ii
the decisive action Of July 3 he com
manded the lett center, which was tn
main point assaulted by the Confederate
and was severely wounded. For thi
conduct at Gettysburg he receive
MAY 81 1861 he thanks OF Congress
Being disabled hy his wound, he wa
ON sick leave until March, 1864, bu
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