Life and military career of Winfield Scott Hancock;: His early life, education and remarkable military career
by Forney, John W
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W.H. Thompson & Co, 1880-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Bound in publisher's blue cloth. Wear/discolor to cover. Binding shaken. Poor condition. 3 preliminary leaves, 11-504 pages including frontispiece illustrations, plates, portraits, maps, plans 20 cm. First edition. Tutorow 3823. Pingenot: Pp. [329]-375 contain a "Sketch of the Life and Public Career of William H. English, of Indiana," with portrait. Hancock graduated from West Point in 1844. He served in the Seminole War, the Mexican War, and various Western posts until 1861. Commissioned a brigadier-general in 1862, he distinguished himself at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. At Gettysburg, he won fame as one of the Civil War's great soldiers by thwarting Lee's nearly successful attack on the Union flank. Following the war he commanded various army departments. A Democratic presidential candidate in 1880, he was defeated by James Garfield.
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- Title
- Life and military career of Winfield Scott Hancock;: His early life, education and remarkable military career
- Author
- Forney, John W
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- Hardcover
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- W.H. Thompson & Co
- Date Published
- 1880-01-01
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