Winfield Scott Hancock

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American Civil War general Democratic Party politician Union Army general human

Winfield Scott Hancock was a prominent Union Army general during the American Civil War and later a Democratic presidential nominee in the 1880 United States election.

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Winfield Scott Hancock canonical 16
Major General Winfield Scott Hancock 2
Winfield S. Hancock 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War general ⓘ
Democratic Party politician ⓘ
Union Army general ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance Union ⓘ
awardReceived Thanks of Congress ⓘ
birthDate 1824-02-14 ⓘ
birthPlace Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
burialPlace Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Norristown ⓘ
surface form: Norristown, Pennsylvania
candidateInElection 1880 United States presidential election ⓘ
causeOfDeath diabetes ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1886-02-09 ⓘ
deathPlace Governors Island ⓘ
surface form: Governors Island, New York

New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
educatedAt United States Military Academy ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Hancock ⓘ
fullName Winfield Scott Hancock self-link ⓘ
givenName Winfield ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank brigadier general ⓘ
major general ⓘ
namedAfter Winfield Scott ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Antietam ⓘ
Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Battle of Cold Harbor ⓘ
Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Overland Campaign ⓘ
notableWork leadership of II Corps, Army of the Potomac ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
positionHeld Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States ⓘ
commander of II Corps, Army of the Potomac ⓘ
residence Norristown ⓘ
surface form: Norristown, Pennsylvania

St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
serviceEnd 1886 ⓘ
serviceStart 1844 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Almira Russell Hancock ⓘ

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Hancock → hasNotableBearer → Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
Cemetery Hill → commandedBy → Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major General Winfield Scott Hancock
Winfield Scott Hancock → fullName → Winfield Scott Hancock self-link ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg → hasCommander → Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
Lewis Armistead → notableFriend → Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
fighting at the Peach Orchard → commanderUnion → Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
subject surface form: Fighting at the Peach Orchard
Cemetery Ridge → commandedBy → Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major General Winfield Scott Hancock
II Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) → notableCommander → Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, Pennsylvania → notableBurial → Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
1880 United States presidential election → loser → Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
1880 United States presidential election → popularVoteLoser → Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
1880 United States presidential election → DemocraticNominee → Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
Second Battle of Petersburg → commander → Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
this entity surface form: Winfield S. Hancock
Battle of Boydton Plank Road → UnionCommander → Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania → birthplaceOf → Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
Military governor of the Fifth Military District → officeHolder → Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
Fort Hancock → namedAfter → Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
Fort Hancock → namedAfter → Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Army General Winfield Scott Hancock
Almira Russell Hancock → spouse → Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
Battle of Williamsburg → commander → Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
this entity surface form: Winfield S. Hancock
Battle of Marye's Heights → notableCommander → Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ