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Full Name Winfield Scott Hancock
AKA Full Name
People ID 672799
Title
First Name Winfield
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Nickname
Middle Name Scott
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Patronymic/Matronymic
Priorsurnames
Surname Hancock
AKA Surname
Father's Surname Hancock
Mother's Surname Hoxworth
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Gender Male
Full Birth Date If Known 1824-02-14
Birth Year 1824
Birth Month 2
Birth Day 14
Full Death Date If Known 1886-02-09
Death Year 1886
Death Month 2
Death Day 9

Events, Dates and Places

Event Date Geo Top Level Geo 2nd Level Geo 3rd Level Geo 4th Level Geo 5th Level Notes
Birth1824/02/14USAPennsylvaniaMontgomeryMontgomeryville
Death1886/02/09USANew YorkNew YorkNew York City (Manhattan)Governors Island

Relationships

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Friend ofLewis Addison Armistead67078918171863

Military Service

Rank If Known Or Highest Or Final Rank Branch of Service Beginning Date if Known End Date if Known
Major GeneralUS Army

Military Actions Served During

Mexican American War
American Civil War

Interment, Inurnment or Memorialization Information

Cemetery Montgomery Cemetery
Address 1 Hartranft Avenue
City/Town Norristown
County/District Montgomery
State/Province Pennsylvania
Postal/Zip Code 19401
Country/Principality USA
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Well thought of Civil War general. Badly wounded at Gettysburg but served through most of the rest of the war. Unsuccessfully ran against Garfield as a democrat in the 1880 presidential election.



Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg (including the Antietam Campaign and the Battle of South Mountain)Commander, II Corps, First Division
Battle of Gettysburg participant
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Family Search ID 9KYQ-FSJ
Find A Grave 1 4839
Famous per Find A Grave Yes
Famous per Consensus Yes
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Other websites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winfield_Scott_Hancock
Record Entry Date 2019-08-10 13:02:56
Record Last Edit Date 2021-09-17 22:03:33

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