. Lloyd's battle history of the great rebellion : complete, from the capture of Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861, to the capture of Jefferson Davis, May 10, 1865, embracing General Howard's tribute to the volunteer ... and a general review of the war for the union . WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK, Major-Gen. Vols., U. S. A., boni in Montgomery Co., Penn., , 1824; graduated at West Point, June, 1844. Brevet 2d-Lieut. 4th In-fantry, 1844 ; full 2d-Lieut., June, 1846 ; served in Mexico; brevetted 1st-Lieut., Aug., 1847, for gallantry at Contreras and Churubusco; Reg. Q. M.,1848-49; Adjutant 6
. Lloyd's battle history of the great rebellion : complete, from the capture of Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861, to the capture of Jefferson Davis, May 10, 1865, embracing General Howard's tribute to the volunteer ... and a general review of the war for the union . WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK, Major-Gen. Vols., U. S. A., boni in Montgomery Co., Penn., , 1824; graduated at West Point, June, 1844. Brevet 2d-Lieut. 4th In-fantry, 1844 ; full 2d-Lieut., June, 1846 ; served in Mexico; brevetted 1st-Lieut., Aug., 1847, for gallantry at Contreras and Churubusco; Reg. Q. M.,1848-49; Adjutant 6th U. S. Inf., 1849-53; Ist-Lieut., Jan., 1853; AsstQ. M. and Capt., Nov. T, 1855; Sept. 23, 1861, made Vols.;brevetted Major, , and Col. U. S. A., for services at Yorktown,Williamsburg and White Oak Swamp. May 4 and 5, and June 27, 1862 ;took part in battle of Antietam ; commanded a Division of 2d Corps at Fred-ericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862 ; Major-Gen. from Nov. 29, 1862 ; commanded hisDivision in battle of Chancellorsville, and the Corps from June, 1863 ; atGettysburg, severely wounded ; on recovery, recruited his Corps to nearly50,000 men, and in 1864, took a leading part in the battles in \ a.; at Spott-sylvania. May 9-12, won a h
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