Reminiscences of [General] Winfield Scott Hancock (First Edition)

Hancock, Mrs. Winfield Scott [Almira Russell Hancock]

Verlag: New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1887

New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1887. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. lllustrated throughout. 340 pages. Size: 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". Fair. Lacking rear cover and spine; front covers detached; front endpaper has a little chipping; rear endpaper more; last few pages have small chips to corners (not affecting text); good for rebinding. One of the scarcest of the Charles L. Webster Civil War Books. Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824-February 9, 1886) was a career U.S. Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the Mexican-American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War.Known to his Army colleagues as "Hancock the Superb", he was noted in particular for his personal leadership at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.One military historian wrote,"No other Union general at Gettysburg dominated men by the sheer force of their presence more completely than Hancock."As another wrote,"his tactical skill had won him the quick admiration of adversaries who had come to know him as the 'Thunderbolt of the Army of the Potomac'."His military service continued after the Civil War, as Hancock participated in the military Reconstruction of the South and the Army's presence at the Western frontier. Very scarce. . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 19084

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Titel: Reminiscences of [General] Winfield Scott ...
Verlag: New York: Charles L. Webster & Company
Erscheinungsdatum: 1887
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Fair
Auflage: First Edition.