"One felt safe when near him" -- Major Henry H. Bingham

Caught up in the glory and the tragedy of the American Civil War, Major General Winfield Scott Hancock was a magnificent soldier and an exceptional human being.  It is my hope that when you leave this site, you will take with you a far greater understanding and a deeper appreciation of this complex and heroic American soldier.

Winfield Scott Hancock: Biography Of A Soldier   "A Very Great And Vehement Talker": The World According To Hancock "The Handsomest Man In America": A "Superb" Image Gallery   "Hancock Was Superb Today": In The Eyes Of His Contemporaries "A Common Description Of The Man": The Historians Speak General Hancock's Staff The Hancock Coat of Arms The General's Official Reports Hancock's Post-War Career President Hancock? The Presidential Election of 1880 WSH Scrapbook: Articles, Miscellany The Union Second Corps         RE-ENACTORS!!! If you would like your Second Corps unit's                website listed in our directory, click here ! Military Record of Winfield Scott Hancock A Hancock Bibliography Links Web Rings Awards This Site Has Won The Superb Award: For Civil War Related Sites

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"We seek as guidance the generations before us who had their tragedies and also rose to the occasion.  And rise to the occasion we must as well." --  Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York

Now, as then, we support the soldiers of the United States Military in Operation Enduring Freedom All our hearts, all our prayers, all our hopes for a safer world go with you......