General Hancock's
Staff
Officers
LT. COLONEL FRANCIS AMASA WALKER
Assistant Adjutant General, Second Corps, Army of the Potomac

Born:           July 2, 1840, Boston, Massachusetts
Died:            January 5, 1897, Boston, Massachusetts
Education:    Amherst College, Massachusetts
Occupation: Educator, economist, and statistician
Offices:        Superintendent of U.S. Census, 1870 and 1880,
                     President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1881-97
Buried:         Walnut Grove Cemetary, North Brookfield, Mass. (Section 1, Lot 72)
Information: Authored "General Hancock", a biography of Winfield Scott Hancock,
                      and
"The History of the Second Army Corps".

                                       
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LT. COLONEL CHARLES HALE MORGAN         
Inspector General, Chief of Staff                              

Born:           November 16, 1834, Manlius, New York
Died:           December 20, 1875, Alcatraz Island, California
Education:   United States Military Academy, Class of 1857
Occupation: Soldier
Buried:         Golden Gate National Cemetary, San Bruno, California

                             
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MAJOR HENRY HARRISON BINGHAM
Judge Advocate, Aide-de-Camp

Born:            December 4, 1841, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
Died:             March 22, 1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Education:    Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., 1862
Occupation:  Lawyer
Offices:         U.S. House of Representatives, 1879-1912
Buried:          Laurel Hill Cemetary, Philadelphia, Pa., (Section Y, Lot 105)
Information: Congressional Medal of Honor, Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864

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LT. COLONEL WILLIAM GALBRAITH MITCHELL
Assistant Inspector General, Aide-de-Camp

Born:             December 8, 1836, Lewistown, Pennsylvania
Died:             May 30, 1883, Governor's Island, New York
Occupation: Civil engineer before war.  Regular Army after war.
Buried:          St. Mark's Cemetary, Lewistown, Pa., (Lot 183)
Information: Step-son of Bvt. Brig. Gen. William H. Irwin
                      Son-in-law of Bvt. Brig. Gen. Madison Mills
LT. COLONEL DUNCAN STEPHEN WALKER
Assistant Adjutant General

Born:              November 11, 1841, Washington D.C.
Died:              June 3, 1912,  Hoboken, New Jersey
Education:      Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
                       Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania
                       Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Occupation:   Lawyer and newspaper editor
Buried:           Arlington National Cemetary, Arlington, Va.  (Section 1, Lot 416)
Information:   Great-Great-Grandson of Benjamin Franklin
LT. COLONEL ADAM ECKFELDT KING
Assistant Adjutant General

Born:            October 29, 1837, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Died:             November 19, 1910, Baltimore, Maryland
Occupation:  U.S. Customs official and diplomat
Offices:         Consul-General, Paris, France, 1890-93
Buried:          Loudon Park National Cemetary, Baltimore, Md. (Officers' Sect. Lot 4).
CAPTAIN WILLIAM MINTZER MINTZER
Provost Marshall

Born:             June 7, 1837, North Coventry Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania
Died:             March 31, 1916, Cleveland, Ohio
Occupation:  Machinist before war.  Postmaster and coal agent after war.
Buried:          Edgewood Cemetary, Pottstown, Pa. (Section 5, Lot 2).
CAPTAIN CHARLES HENRY HOYT
Assistant Quartermaster

Born:             September 30, 1825, Norwalk, Connecticut
Died:             November 17, 1897, San Remo, Italy
Education:     Columbia University, New York City, New York
                      Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Occupation:  Lawyer before war.  Regular Army after war.
Buried:          Arlington National Cemetary, Arlington, Va., (Section 1, Lot 95-D).
MAJOR GEORGE WASHINGTON SCOTT
Acting Assistant Adjutant General

Born:             December 19, 1841, New Rochelle, New York
Died:              October 25, 1922, Brooklyn, New York
Occupation:   U.S. Customs official
Buried:           Green-Wood Cemetary, Brooklyn, NY (Section 49, Lot 6225).

                                     
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MAJOR ISAAC VERPLANCK VAN ANTWERP
Acting Assistant Adjutant General

Born:           June 8, 1807, Coeymans, Albany County, New York
Died:           December 2, 1875, near Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Education:   United States Military Academy
Occupation: Lawyer, politician, and U.S. Land Office Receiver for Iowa before war.
                    Regular Army after war.
Buried:        Trinity Episcopal Churchyard, Upper Marlboro, Maryland (Unmarked).
MAJOR WILLIAM P. WILSON

MAJOR E. W. CLARK
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