Gettysburg War Hero Winfield S. Hancock Portrait Engraving by John Rogers

Description

A portrait of Civil War hero Winfield Scott Hancock, who was best know as the defending general in command on Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg, who repelled attacks by both General Lee and the famous "Pickett's charge", probably the most iconic battle moment in the war.
The caption reads:
J. Rogers Sc.
From a photograph by Brady
(his signature)
Entered According to act of Congress AD 1866 by Virtue & Yorston, in the clerk's office of the district court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.
"Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 – February 9, 1886) was a United States Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the Mexican–American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War. Known to his Army colleagues as "Hancock the Superb", he was noted in particular for his personal leadership at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. His military service continued after the Civil War, as Hancock participated in the military Reconstruction of the South and the Army's presence at the Western frontier.
Hancock's reputation as a war hero at Gettysburg, combined with his status as a Unionist and supporter of states' rights, made him a potential presidential candidate. When the Democrats nominated him for President in 1880, he ran a strong campaign, but was narrowly defeated by Republican James A. Garfield. Hancock's last public service involved the oversight of President Ulysses S. Grant's funeral procession in 1885."
"George C. Virtue (1794 – 8 December 1868) was a 19th-century London-based publisher. His publishing house was located at 26 Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row.
When Virtue retired from his publishing business in 1855, his second son, James Sprent Virtue, took over the business, having spent many years in the United States overseeing the Virtue's New York publishing house.
In 1861, the youngest son, William Alexander Virtue (d.1875), was promoted to Lieutenant, vice Turney, with the 39th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps. In 1865, he became a partner in the Virtue's City Road and Ivy Lane publishing houses before moving to the United States and taking over the Virtue's New York publishing house, including "Virtue and Yorston" with Charles H. Yorston."
Measures 11 1/4 by 9
Box J 07062021
Weight 0 ounce