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Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886) of Pennsylvania, named after a general from the War of 1812, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1844.
He served in the Mexican-American War and the Third Seminole War and commanded troops in a number of battles during the Civil War, including Antietam and Gettysburg, where his troops faced Pickett's Charge. He was wounded in the leg at Gettysburg.
Hancock ran as a Democrat for President in 1880. He was defeated by James A. Garfield.
About This Item
- Title: Winfield Scott Hancock , ca. 1862
- Creator: J. Gurney & Son
- Creation Date: circa 1862
- Subject Date: circa 1862
- Location: USA
- Media: Carte de visite
- Dimensions: 10 cm x 6 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 135, Box 1/20
- Collection: Abner Ralph Small papers
- Object Type: Image
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- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Portraits--Cartes de visite.
- Generals--United States
- Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886--Portrait photographs
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