Description: Autograph letter signed by Winfield Scott Hancock. Headquarters Second Army Corps , 27 June 1864. 1 page, 8vo, on Headquarters Second Army Corps letterhead. Major General Winfield Scott Hancock responds to a request for a signature to Charles Speakman of Washington D.C. Hancock graduated 18th in class at West Point and received an officers commission in the 6th United States Infantry, stationed in the Red River Valley. During the Mexican-American War, he successfully recruited soldiers in Kentucky before securing a position in Mexico, where he saw action. Hancock was wounded at the Battle of Churubusco and a subsequent infection kept him from the invasion of Mexico City, but he ended the war as a first lieutenant. He remained in the Army in peacetime, with assignments at Fort Snelling, Minnesota; St. Louis, Missouri; a tour in Florida during the Third Seminole War; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas during the Bleeding Kansas partisan warfare; Utah Territory; and southern California. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he returned east to assume quartermaster duties but was quickly promoted to brigadier general and given command. His "superb" counterattack at the Battle of Williamsburg earned him the nickname Hancock the Superb. Hancock saw action at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville, where he was wounded various times. General Hancock is best remembered for his role during the Battle of Gettysburg, where he organized Union defenses on Cemetery Hill, held the line, and bore the brunt of Pickett's Charge. His heroic efforts are widely credited for the resulting Union victory. His health suffered after recuperating from Gettysburg, but he rejoined command during General Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign. As a war hero and states-rights advocate, Hancock was put forth as a presidential Democratic candidate in 1880, but lost by a razor-thin margin to Grover Cleveland. A fine signature from the hero of Gettysburg, General Winfield Scott Hancock. Please refer to photos for an accurate visual description No international shipping
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Location: Lafayette, Indiana
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Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
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