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Winfield Scott Hancock

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  • Birth of Winfield Scott Hancock

    Winfield was born in Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania

  • Mexican American War

    Winfield Scott Hancock served as a military general in the Mexican American War

  • Offically an officer

    In 1847 Hancock meets up with his regiment in Puebla, Mexico where he is admitted as General Winfield Scott Hancock. This starts his career as a military general.

  • First Battle

    In the summer of 1847 Hancock and his regiment fight in his first battle as a general at Contreras and Churubusco.

  • Captain Hancock

    Hancock was promoted to Captain in 1855, and was sent to Ft. Myers, Florida.

  • Bleeding Kansas

    As things in Florida were cooling down, Hancock was assinged to Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Hancock was one of the generals who served in "Bleeding Kansas"

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    General Hancock and his regiment the 2nd Vermont Brigade fought in the battle of Gettysburg. His men came out victorious. "No other Union general at Gettysburg dominated men by the sheer force of their presence more completely than Hancock."

  • Hancock's run for Office

    Hancock ran for the democratic party for president in 1880, but closely lost to republican James Garfield.

  • Death of Winfield Scott Hancock

    He died at the age of 61 in Governers Island, New York. Cause of death: infected carbuncle and complications with diabetes.