 | Benson John Lossing - North America - 1877 - 764 pages
...before his death, and his deeds during the war were alone remembered. " Hancock," wrote General Grant, " stands the most conspicuous figure of all the general...officers who did not exercise a separate command. His name was never mentioned as having committed in battle a blunder for which he was responsible.... | |
 | Ulysses Simpson Grant - Generals - 1885 - 686 pages
...of the army and exercise a separate command, gathering to his standard all he could of his juniors. Hancock stands the most conspicuous figure of all...appearance. Tall, well-formed and, at the time of which I now write, young and fresh-looking, he presented an appearance that would attract the attention of... | |
 | Ulysses Simpson Grant - Generals - 1885 - 668 pages
...gathering to his standard all he could of his juniors. Hancock stands the most conspicuous figure of al\ the general officers who did not exercise a separate command. He commanded a corps longer than any personal appearance. Tall, well-formed and, at the time of which I now write, young and fresh-looking,... | |
 | Chandler Belden Beach - 1893 - 778 pages
...a brave, fearless leader, and an able commander. McClellan called him " superb," and Grant wrote, " Hancock stands the most conspicuous figure of all...officers who did not exercise a separate command." See Life, by Junkin and Norton, and History of the Second Corps, by Walkers. Hand, THE. Man is the... | |
 | Francis Amasa Walker - 1894 - 378 pages
...army in the great war of secession can not be better stated than in the words of General Grant : " Hancock stands the most conspicuous figure of all...man of very conspicuous personal appearance. Tall, well formed, and, at the time of which I now write, young and freshlooking, he presented an appearance... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson - United States - 1894 - 794 pages
...of the Democratic party in 1880, but was defeated by James A. Garfield. General Grant said of him, " Hancock stands the most conspicuous figure of all...in battle a blunder for which he was responsible." Hanging Rock, Battle of, August 6, 1780. At this place General Sumter surprised the British post. The... | |
 | Ulysses Simpson Grant - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1894 - 694 pages
...of the army and exercise a separate command, gathering to his standard all he could of his juniors. Hancock stands the most conspicuous figure of all...appearance. Tall, well-formed and, at the time of which I now write, young and fresh-looking, he presented an appearance that would attract the attention of... | |
 | United States - 1895 - 578 pages
...devotion to the highest duties of the soldier. Gen. Grant, best qualified to judge, said of him : " Hancock stands the most conspicuous figure of all the general officers who did not exercise a general command. He commanded a corps longer than any other one, and his name was never mentioned as... | |
 | Education - 1896 - 716 pages
...the middle of the war, and quoted General Grant's tribute to the great corps commander, as follows: "Hancock stands the most conspicuous figure of all...command. He commanded a corps longer than any other one man, and his name was never mentioned as having committed in battle a blunder. No matter how hard the... | |
| |
Hancock stands the most conspicuous figure of all the general officers who did not exercise a separate command. He commanded a corps longer than any other one, and his name was never mentioned as having committed in battle a blunder for which he was responsible. 
