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.

Aliases (1)

Major General Winfield Scott Hancock ×1

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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 →
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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Cemetery Hill → commandedBy → Winfield Scott Hancock →

this entity surface form: "Major General Winfield Scott Hancock"

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Battle of Gettysburg → hasCommander → Winfield Scott Hancock →

Hancock → hasNotableBearer → Winfield Scott Hancock →