The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-02-19

countrymen to his worth as a citizen, ne has
gone to his reward. 1t is fitting that ever mark
OF public respect should be paid 70 MS emory
Therefore, it is now ordered bv the president,
thatthe national fiag be displayed at haIf-mast
upon oil the buildings OF the executive depart.
meats n s,I u this nIso city until G aitsr me- c fanGsai SD"Ii
DANIEL s LAMONT, Private Secretary.
The president also sent the following tele>
gram to Mrs. Hancock:
Accept my heartfelt sympathy and coincidence
in your terrible bereavement. The heroism and
worth of your lata husband have gathered TO
your side, in this hour Of your affection, a nation
OF mourners.
ATTRIBUTE FROM COL. CROOKS.
II am inexpressibly shocked and panied TO
learn of Gen. Hancock's death" said Col;
William Crooks last evening. IL had hoped
that that report would prove untrue. Con-
tinuing, Col Crooks said:
/ knew Gen. Hancock very well indeed, and q
purer man never lived. He was = perfect soldier,
and an honest, square man in all respects. lie
was dignihed, vet easily approached, and had
) the kindliest aud finest disposition In the world.
He was a perfectly frank man, and had the
facufn' of attracting people to him. he haaa
ureat ho,,' on the army, especially on the volun-
teers. The, ranked him with Grant, sherman
Hud Sheridan. ue was brave and chlyalrous, anu
was the oheyalies nay u Mi IN en9 at Gettys-
burg, aud with its defi> yea RANKS ne neIua
whole brigade of rebels in che a. io, "I Ha
the fate of the battle was In i@rIsade and
I1lICW bAc cSlluCuI dEdluSb II ~ tf1nacot q
that is when the men OF the first. MA> rSed
were lost. But they accomplished all he D.
81 them and more. Gen, Haafock charactss
lze4 sne Charge as s1s moss gallant liar IN mt sne mig htS
est respect for the Minnesota volunteers.
During his residence in this City
Con. Hancock became warmly atsacnsa
made = large number OF intimate friends. So
popular did he make himself that when he YVES
nominated for the presidency, ne received tne
| o. n = r~nSSiI1a cunnnrt from the Democrats
OF the state. 7 have met Gen. Hancock many
times OF late years, and he always spoke OF MS
fHendsnip for Minnesota; G There H has oes9 m reIaa
tions with Gen. Grant. Gen. Hancock tod me
himself that it was a misunderstanding. and
that whsa h. sna Gen n , Grant sa salk GTsn Il S Sytf di he
terently toward him than what ne gnderstGod.
From that time up to Gen. Grants death, bhey
were personal friends. Gen. Hancock had . very
high opinion OF Gen. Grants integrity, and
when assaults were made upon him, Cen. Han
cock championed his cause. Gen. Hancock died
in the harness. He wss a great soldier sn1 .
great man in the highest sense of the word. NO
where will his loss be more sincerely mourneo
than in Minnesota.
EARLY DAYS.
Winfield Scott Hancock was born neeA@ Mont.
gomery Square, Pa, Feb. IA, 1924 de was
educated at the village academy In NcsTistowR
and at West Point Congressman joseph For
nance appointed him IN 1910. U. s. GranS was
one of his classmates. He graduated in 1874,
and was assigned TO duty with the Sixth regi-
ment infantry, with the rank OF second heuten-
ant. He served in the Southwest on ard near
the Red river till the breaking out Of the Mexi-
can war, when his regiment was ordered to join
the army of Gen. Winfield Scott. Hancock was
engaged in no actual fighting till near the close
of the struggle, when he participated in the
battles OF Contreras, Cherubusco, Moline del Rey
and Chapultepec. On the conclusion OF peace
he was stationed near Prairie du Chico.
In 1a49 he married Almirs, daughter of
Samuel Russell, a merchant OF st. Louis.
A son and daughter blessed the union. After Q
brief term of service in Florida, the Sixth regf-
ment was ordered first TO Kansas and then to
California. The march was made across the
continent, and this is probably the longest con-
tinuous march ever made by a body of troops.
In 1861 the war of secession broke out. Az his
urgent request Hancock was transferred TO the
East. though not without delay; ana IN Sep
TENDER Of the year named he landed in New
York. without pausing to visit his parents be
hastened to Washington and reported for duty.
He was at first ordered into the commissary,
Int Gen. Mcclellan him for g
brigade, and after a delay OF a few days ne re-
ceiyed the commission OF a brtgadler genera
and was assigned TO duty In the division q Gen
ninth Pennsylvania, the Forty-thlrd New YORK
/, the Fifth Wisconsin. and the Ninth Maine. Hi
commission bore date Sept. % 1901. Ihrouen.
+ Pennsylvania campaign Gen Hancock bore
, prominent part. At the battle OF Cold Har
Dor he captured Secretary f tb lamar mlas4 en !
t tSsOht fight al Antietam Gen. Hancocl
. was sent to the command Of the First division
a il place e Gen: Richardson; w s1st, fell there tpa srn a
of the attack and OF the terrible mortality o
that days fight. At characteristics he had
horse shot under him. Soon after TINS pattle a.
was promoted to commend OF the Second corps
s Az GfTTYsBURG
Q Gen. Hancock was sent by Gen. Meade
q then in command OF the army, to examine th'
! field, and it was upSn tt MS w report th that that bs
Q attempt to get by the Union lines aAd flank on
armies from the North. Hancock rlaced th
, armies as they came up. and when dayligss 2
z 10000 veterans. At noon. when Haneoek's di
vision was resting on captured GROUND, the en-
ethy's batteries were concentrated upon him
!. The rebels sent their finest brigades dowl
upon Hancock and met with a repulse that LEI
, 1000 dcsd and wounded and cost poop pris
this battle. A shell from the enemy had sIpcl
a fence and sen5 q big rusty nail into his thigh
splintering the bonsl shd making an ngly fest
tie and the congress II the United States re
turned him the thanks OF the country. HL
wound was found to be severe, and he went :
his parents nome at Norrist0snsto recover. III
paid a hasty visit to West Point apd retired tC
his own home at Longwood, Near ST. Louis. II
was winter before he joined his cStsfnand: aae
even then. his wound continued to rive hin
much trouble. The thigh bone was shattcfe3
and pieces would work out and reopen the
wound In the winter he was ordered North on
dered a public reception in Independence hall
In New York q magnificent reception was
rendered him in the governors room tt the city
hall At Albany the legislature paid him honor
and In Boston the general court invited him to q
seat on the floor of the house. Al a later date a
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS sword was voted to him
at the Mississippi Sanitary fair; and at the Cen
trail sanitary fair in Philadelphia a costly and
beautiful set of horse equipments was voted
him as the most popular soldier OF enc war. Be-
fore spring he resumed bis command. Grant
had come East to- assume personal direction OF
the army OF the Potomac, which was
divided inSo three grand divisions, the
right Of which, the Second corps, wss
placed under the command OF Hancock:
In the operations on this Rapidan and In the
battle OF the Wilderness Hancock's division did
the hardest fighting. Gen. Grant placed the
hrmeat annfdanna IN Cen Hammock fhrnnuhnnt