Winfield Scott Hancock
Subtitle: Gettysburg hero
By: Perry D. Jamieson.
Series: Civil War campaigns and commanders series
Publisher: McWhiney Foundation Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Abilene, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886.; United States. Army -- Biography.; Generals -- United States -- Biography.; Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.; United States -- History, Military -- 19th century.
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Winfield Scott Hancock, Gettysburg hero
Description: "Winfield Scott Hancock gained his greatest fame for his crucial contributions to the Federal victory at Gettysburg. Union veterans remember this brave Pennsylvanian as a general who led from the front and whose forceful presence could change the course of a battle." "A senior officer of the Eleventh Corps described how Hancock influenced the defeated Northern troops at the end of the first day's fighting at Gettysburg. "His mere presence was a reinforcement," this witness reported, "and everybody on the field felt stronger for his being there.""

"In addition to the Civil War, Hancock's military service included memorable experience during the Mexican-American War, Reconstruction, and the Indian Wars. He also pursued a political career, which ended in an unsuccessful try for the presidency in 1880"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-187) and index.