MAJOR GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-HANCOCK AVENUE
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones
Year Dedicated: 1888
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
GENERAL HANCOCK WAS ACTIVELY DIRECTING THE BATTLE ALONG THE LINES WHEN HE WAS WOUNDED. A CONFEDERATE PROJECTILE CARRIED PARTS OF HIS SADDLE INTO HIS THIGH, CREATING A RATHER DEEP WOUND. HANCOCK REFUSED TO BE TAKEN FROM THE FIELD, DEMANDING TO REMAIN UNTIL THE CONTEST WAS SETTLED. HANCOCK SURVIVED THE WOUND, BUT SUFFERED FROM COMPLICATIONS THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
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