Winfield Scott Hancock: Gettysburg Hero (Civil War Campaigns and Commanders Series) - Hardcover

Jamieson, Perry D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1893114392 ISBN 13: 9781893114395

Publisher: State House Press, 2003

Synopsis

Winfield Scott Hancock gained his greatest fame for his crucial contributions to the Federal victory at Gettysburg. Union veterans remembered Hancock as a general who led from the front and whose forceful presence could change the course of a battle.

In addition to the Civil War, Hancock’s military service included dramatic experiences during the Mexican-American War, Reconstruction, and the Indian wars. He also pursued a national political career, which ended in an unsuccessful try for the presidency in 1880.

This lively biography introduces readers to an American soldier who put his mark on many of the important military and political events of his lifetime.

About this title

About the Author:

PERRY D. JAMIESON, a historian for the Air Force History Support Office in Washington, D.C., is coauthor of Attack and Die: Civil War Military Tactics and the Southern Heritage and author of Crossing the Deadly Ground: United States Army Tactics 1865–1899. His books include Death in September: The Antietam Campaign, published by McWhiney Foundation Press.

Review:

"an excellent series [that] should be in every Texas school!" -- Empire Books

About this edition

• Publisher: State House Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1893114392
• ISBN 13: 9781893114395
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200