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Hancock (WINFIELD SCOTT an Amercan)

WINFIELD SCOTT, an Amercan military officer; born in Montgomery Square, Montgomery co., Pa., Feb. 14, 1824; was graduated g duated at the United States Military Academy in 1844, and received his commission of 2d lieutenant; served during the Mexican War, was promoted for gallantry, and, having filled several subordinate posts, made assistant quartermaster-general; in 1861 was appointed a Brigadier-General of volunteers, and attached to the Army of the Potomac, accompanied General Mc- Clellan to the peninsula in 1862, and distinguished himself before Yorktown HAND ices on this occasion received his com- suffered most severely, and for his serv- ed a division of the 2d Corps, which ericksburg, in December, 1862, commanded a division of the 2d Corps, which suffered most severely, and for his services on this occasion received his commission as Major-General; took part in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg in 1863, and in one of the many struggles of that campaign was severely wounded; in 1868 was appointed by President Johnson to the command of the S. W. military district, but his ap- President. He died in New York City, Senate. In June, 1880, he became the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for