Reminiscences of Winfield Scott Hancock.

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Главный автор: Hancock, Almira Russell
Формат: Licensed eBooks
Язык:английский
Опубликовано: Scituate, Mass. : Digital Scanning, 1998.
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Оглавление:
  • Intro
  • DEDICATION
  • REMINISCENCES OF WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • Fine Steel Portrait of General Hancock
  • Fine Engraving of Birthplace of General Hancock
  • Fine Portrait of General Hancock soon after graduating at West Point
  • The Rev. W. G. Eliot, who married General and Mrs. Hancock
  • Etching of Schoolhouse where General Hancock attended when a boy
  • Portrait of General Hancock and his son Russell
  • Portrait of Ada Hancock
  • Portrait of General Hancock, taken during the war
  • Longwood, the St. Louis Home
  • Fine Steel Portrait of Mrs. Hancock
  • Portrait of General Morgan
  • Portrait of General Mitchell
  • Portrait of Colonel Parker
  • Portrait of General Bingham
  • Portrait of Colonel Miller
  • Portrait of Captain G. L. S. Ward
  • Portrait of General Hancock and Staff, taken immediately after General Grant's Funeral
  • Engraving of Exterior of Headquarters at Governor's Island
  • Engraving of Park on Governor's Island
  • View in South Parlor, Headquarters at Governor's Island
  • Portrait of Russell Hancock
  • Engraving of Mantel in Parlor of Headquarters on Governor's Island
  • Engraving of Badge worn during the Hancock and English Campaign
  • CHAPTER I.
  • CONTRETEMPS OF THE WEDDING EVENING.
  • UNTENANTABLE QUARTERS.
  • DISAPPOINTED OF PROMOTION
  • BURNING OF THE 'KATE KEARNEY.'
  • CHAPTER II.
  • PRIMITIVE COURTS-MARTIAL.
  • CHOLERA AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS.
  • EXCHANGING STATEROOMS.
  • GENERAL TWIGGS'S MODE OF ADDRESS.
  • CHAPTER III.
  • A LIVELY CORRESPONDENCE.
  • APPOINTED A CAPTAIN.
  • CHAPTER IV.
  • SECURING A COW.
  • BOATING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
  • RESUSCITATlNG A NEGRO.
  • CHAPTER V.
  • CHANGING QUARTERS.
  • ORDERED TO CALIFORNIA.
  • A WEARY MARCH.
  • WESTERN SOCIAL LIFE.
  • CHAPTER VI.
  • GENERAL LEE'S ADVICE.
  • A PERILOUS VOYAGE.
  • THE FIGHT ON THE SHIP.
  • AN EXCITING DRIVE.
  • CHAPTER VII.
  • UNPLEASANT COMPANIONS.
  • RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN LOS ANGELES.
  • A NOVEL SPANISH DEMONSTRATION.
  • INDIAN PECULIARITIES.
  • NEGOTIATING FOR THE "MUSIC TABLE"
  • CHAPTER VIII.
  • GENERAL JOHNSTON RESIGNS.
  • THE FINAL PARTING.
  • DESTRUCTION OF THE "ADA HANCOCK".
  • NEWS OF THE WAR.
  • PREPARING FOR A FIGHT.
  • CHAPTER IX.
  • RUMORS ABOUT WASHINGTON.
  • MR. LINCOLN'S CARES.
  • OBTAINING A PASS.
  • MR. DANA'S COMPLIMENT
  • A LECTURE FOR MR. STANTON.
  • CHAPTER X.
  • AT THE PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION.
  • A LETTER FROM THE BATTLE-FIELD.
  • "CARRY PLENTY OF WATER."
  • THE TELEGRAM FROM GETTYSBURG.
  • REMOVED TO NORRISTOWN.
  • IN THE WILDERNESS.
  • CHAPTER XI.
  • FIRST NEWS OF LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION.
  • GENERAL HANCOCK AND MRS. SURRATT.
  • CHAPTER XII.
  • A LOST INDIAN CHIEF.
  • SIGNS OF INDIAN BLOOD.
  • RETRIBUTION.
  • REMINISCENCES OF WINFIELD S. HANCOCK.
  • CHAPTER XIII.
  • ORDER NO. 40, AND ITS EFFECT.
  • OPPOSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT.
  • A NEGRO MANIFESTATION.
  • CHAPTER XIV.
  • GENERAL GRANT AND GENERAL HANCOCK
  • REFUSING TO COMMIT HIMSELF.
  • HEADQUARTERS CHANGED TO NEW YORK
  • FIGHTING THE BLACKFEET INDIANS.
  • A SOLUTION OF THE INDIAN QUESTION.
  • CHAPTER XV.
  • ACTION OF THE CONVENTION OF 1872.
  • THE BABCOCK MILITARY COURT OF INQUIRY.
  • GENERAL HANCOCK'S ADDRESS TO THE COURT
  • CHAPTER XVI.
  • A LETTER TO GENERAL SHERMAN.
  • A LETTER TO GENERAL SHERMAN.
  • CHAPTER XVII.
  • SCHEMING AGAINST GENERAL HANCOCK.
  • RUMORS DURING THE GREAT STRIKES.
  • VALUABLE SERVICE OF THE ARMY.
  • THE SOLDIER'S COMFORT.
  • A STORY ABOUT RUSSELL HANCOCK.
  • A STORY ABOUT RUSSELL HANCOCK.
  • CHAPTER XVIII.
  • ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION.
  • ATTENDING THE INAUGURATION.
  • THE YORKTOWN CELEBRATION.
  • LIFE ON GOVERNOR'S ISLAND.
  • APPENDIX A.
  • NARRATIVE OF THE SECOND ARMY CORPS.
  • APPENDIX B.
  • PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
  • APPENDIX C.
  • LETTERS AND ADDRESSES CONTRIBUTED
  • MILITARY RECORD.