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General Winfield Scott Hancock and Staff
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Civil War General Winfield Scott Hancock and division commanders, (standing left to right) Generals Barlow, Birney, and Gibbon (previously commander of the Iron Brigade). Hancock was named for military hero Winfield Scott. Winfield Scott Hancock, also known by the nickname "Superb", was a celebrated general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
June 1864
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WHi 1992
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General Winfield Scott Hancock and his Staff Officers
General Winfield Scott Hancock and a large number of his staff officers.
Civil War Commanders
Engraving of portraits of Civil War Union Army generals, clockwise from the top, P.H. Sheridan, D.D. Porter, W.S. Hancock, O.O. Howard, George G. Meade, W.T. Sherman, and U.S. Grant in the center.
Generals of Our Army 1861
"Generals of our Army, 1861", with Union generals: Lt. General Winfield Scott, Maj. General George B. McClellan, Maj. General John A. Dix, Maj. General Nathanial P. Banks, Brig. General Nathaniel L...
John Gibbon
circa 1860-1869
Quarter-length portrait of John Gibbon in military uniform.
Founders and Commanders of the Grand Army of the Republic
circa 1880-1889
Group of portraits of the founders and commanders of the Grand Army of the Republic.
