. The life of Winfield Scott Hancock: personal, military, and political . the coun-try and for myself for the service he has rendered to-day. As General Hancock was leaving the line of battle, hecaused his ambulance to be stopped, while he dictatedto Surgeon Dougherty, Medical Director, a note to Gen-eral Meade, the substance of which was as follows : Wehave won a victory, and nothing is wanted to make itdecisive but that you should carry out your intention.*I have been severely, but I trust not seriously, did not leave the field so long as there was a rebel to beseen upright. Eo cop
. The life of Winfield Scott Hancock: personal, military, and political . the coun-try and for myself for the service he has rendered to-day. As General Hancock was leaving the line of battle, hecaused his ambulance to be stopped, while he dictatedto Surgeon Dougherty, Medical Director, a note to Gen-eral Meade, the substance of which was as follows : Wehave won a victory, and nothing is wanted to make itdecisive but that you should carry out your intention.*I have been severely, but I trust not seriously, did not leave the field so long as there was a rebel to beseen upright. Eo copy of this note was retained by General Han- *This had reference to a previous conversation between GeneralsMeade and Hancock, in which General Meade had expressed his intentionof putting in the Fifth and Sixth Corps, if Hancock was attacked. (SeeKeport of Committee on the Conduct of the War, vol. i, 1865, page 48,and General George Sykess [Commander of Fifth Corps at Gettysburg]letter to editor of Washington Chronicle, dated Fort Leavenworth,Kansas, December 9, 1856.). 0 0DQ(/) hhU0 h < Q aa% o uo 0 < <?u 0 ^^A f» HE IS FINALLY CONVEYED TO NORRISTOWN. m cock. It is presumed the original remained in GeneralMeades possession. This ended General Hancocks connection with thememorable battle of Gettsybnrg. From the field hospi-tal he was conveyed to the railway at Westminster, whenhe was placed in a car and carried to Baltimore, and fromthence to Philadelphia, and finally to his fathers houseat Norristown, Pennsylvania. It was at first supposed that his wound was causedby an explosive bullet; but after the battle it v/as dis-covered that the ball had passed through the pommel ofthe saddle the General had ridden, carrying with it thenail and piece of wood. The wound not healing kindly,was thoroughly probed six weeks afterward, when theball was found to be imbedded in the Generals thigh,near the bone, which it had injured badly. It was ex-tracted after a painful operation by
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