Winfield Scott Hancock gained his greatest fame for his crucial
contributions to the Federal victory at Gettysburg. Union veterans
remembered Hancock as a general who led from the front and
whose forceful presence could change the course of a battle.
In addition to the Civil War, Hancock’s military service included
dramatic experiences during the Mexican-American War,
Reconstruction, and the Indian wars. He also pursued a national
political career, which ended in an unsuccessful try for the
presidency in 1880.
This lively biography introduces readers to an American soldier
who put his mark on many of the important military and political
events of his lifetime.
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PERRY D. JAMIESON, a historian for the Air Force History Support
Office in Washington, D.C., is coauthor of Attack and Die: Civil War
Military Tactics and the Southern Heritage and author of Crossing
the Deadly Ground: United States Army Tactics 1865–1899. His
books include Death in September: The Antietam Campaign,
published by McWhiney Foundation Press.
Number Twenty-four: Civil War Campaigns and Commanders Series
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