America Votes
Presidential Campaign Memorabilia
from the Duke University Special Collections Library
Winfield Scott Hancock - 1880
General Winfield Scott Hancock, a lesser known but highly competent Union general, almost
defeated Republican candidate James A. Garfield, also a Union general. Hancock was remembered
in the South for his considerate behavior during Reconstruction.
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A project of The Digital
Scriptorium, Special Collections Library, Duke University. August 1996
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/americavotes/
