MAJOR GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK - LETTER SIGNED 01/08/1885 - HFSID 30310
Special Sale Price $400.00
Reg. $600.00
WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK
He tells a veteran concerned about his military records to apply to
the Adjutant General.
Manuscript Letter signed: "Winfield Scott Hancock", 1 page,
5½x8½. Governor's Island, New York, 1885 January 8. To Mr. John F.
Glennon, South Norwalk, Connecticut, in full: "Your favor of the 23rd
Dec. last, was duly received. In order to have your name properly recorded on
the records of your former Regiment, you must apply to the Adjutant General of
the Army, Washington, D.C. I have no control over such papers. I am very truly
yours". Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886), a highly successful Union
Corps commander during the Civil War and a hero of the Battle of Gettysburg
(1863), was the Democratic Party's candidate for President in 1880,
losing narrowly to James A. Garfield 4.45 million (214 electoral) votes to 4.44
million (155 electoral) votes. He lost the popular vote by fewer than 40,000
votes out of a total of nearly 9 million. A swing of 20,000 votes in New
York would have made him President. Hancock remained at Governor's Island, in
New York Harbor, as Commanding General of the US Army's Atlantic Division, until
his death. Two horizontal folds. Ink stain from signature at center of text.
Slightly creased. Otherwise, fine condition.
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