Winfield Scott Hancock — Gettysburg Character Profile

About Winfield Scott Hancock

Commands the Union II Corps, positioned behind a stone wall at Cemetery Ridge. He leads from the front line during the Confederate assault and is wounded in the process.

Affiliations

• Democratic Party
• United States

Quick Facts about Winfield Scott Hancock

Education

United States Military Academy

Occupation

politician, general, military officer

Manner of Death

Natural causes

Winfield Scott Hancock's Known Relations

• Benjamin Franklin Hancock — Father
• Hilary Baker Hancock — Sibling
• Almira Russell Hancock — Relative
• United States — Allegiance

Character Facts

Played by

Brian Mallon

Appears in

Gettysburg (1993)

Role

Supporting

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• Henry T. Harrison (Cooper Huckabee)
• Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett (Stephen Lang)
• Lieut. Thomas D. Chamberlain (C. Thomas Howell)
• Maj. G. Moxley Sorrel (Kieran Mulroney)
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