Winfield Scott Hancock
Winfield Scott Hancock
Winfield Scott Hancockwas a career U.S. Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the Mexican-American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War. Known to his Army colleagues as "Hancock the Superb", he was noted in particular for his personal leadership at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. One military historian wrote, "No other Union general at...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth14 February 1824
CountryUnited States of America