Gettysburg hero
Edición de la obra Winfield Scott Hancock
| Autor | Perry D. Jamieson |
|---|---|
| Editorial | McWhiney Foundation Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 2003 |
| Lugar | Abilene, Tex |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 199 |
| ISBN-10 | 1893114392 |
| OCLC | 52251099 |
| LCCN | 2003010688 |
| Serie | Civil War campaigns and commanders series |
| Número de Cutter | J32w |
"Winfield Scott Hancock gained his greatest fame for his crucial contributions to the Federal victory at Gettysburg. Union veterans remember this brave Pennsylvanian as a general who led from the front and whose forceful presence could change the course of a battle." "A senior officer of the Eleventh Corps described how Hancock influenced the defeated Northern troops at the end of the first day's fighting at Gettysburg. "His mere presence was a reinforcement," this witness reported, "and everybody on the field felt stronger for his being there."" "In addition to the Civil War, Hancock's military service included memorable experience during the Mexican-American War, Reconstruction, and the Indian Wars. He also pursued a political career, which ended in an unsuccessful try for the presidency in 1880"--Jacket.