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Trust in God & fear nothing: confederate Gen. Lewis Armistead and Union Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock--like many of their contemporaries--were good friends who found themselves on opposite sides in the Civil War.
The humid air hung thick and heavy on July 3, 1863, blanketing the men of Brigadier General Lewis A. Armistead's brigade as they nervously waited for the command to advance upon the Union center situated along Gettysburg's Cemetery Ridge. His men had stood fast during a two-hour Confederate artillery barrage intended to weaken enemy resistance, and an intermittent response from Union artillery batteries, while enduring the fearful realization that they were about to assault a superior defensive position across nearly a mile of open field.
For Armistead the impending assault took on a personal dimension that was all too common in this Civil War. The men of the ...
- Winfield Scott Hancock
- Picture from: Archive Photos September 1, 1994 700+ words
...Potomac, Major General Winfield Scott Hancock won most acclaim for his steadfast...to Republican James Garfield. Civil War. Union. Union Army. General...historical. military. people Winfield Scott Hancock Copyright (c) Archive Photos...
- The cost of war to one family, circle of friends.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Holsworth, Jerry January 13, 1996 700+ words
...separating families and friends. Perhaps the best-known instance of this in the American Civil War is the story of Lewis Armistead and Winfield Scott Hancock at Gettysburg. Their friendship, between West Point classmates, was touching and sad...
- Defend This Old Town: Williamsburg during the Civil War.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History Hepburn, Sharon A. Roger May 1, 2008 700+ words
...Williamsburg during the Civil War is a notable contribution...Williamsburg was a microcosm of Civil War battles. The battle...in the history of the Civil War is well known. The notable...Armstrong Custer, Winfield Scott Hancock, A. P. Hill, Joseph...
- The Civil War Paintings of Mort Kunstler, Vol Three: The Gettysburg...
- Magazine article from: MBR Bookwatch Watson, Irene December 1, 2007 700+ words
The Civil War Paintings of Mort Kunstler...portrays life during the Civil War in his paintings. Well...Longstreet, and Winfield Scott Hancock stand out while their story...ancestors experienced during the Civil War. Seeing the pictures...
- Positive buzz over 'Gods and Generals'; Film to examine personal stories and...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times August 10, 2002 700+ words
...Virginia theater of the Civil War from its opening clashes...a cast of hundreds of Civil War re-enactors. The film...Union Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock - and four main battles...director's earlier Civil War movie focused exclusively...
- Introduction.(REDISCOVERING THE CIVIL WAR)
- Magazine article from: World and I Kelly, Jonathan May 1, 2007 700+ words
...to participate in the Civil War as soldiers for the Union...Confederate veterans of the Civil War. Confederate Memorial...Union General Winfield Scott Hancock. In their book, the...culture at the time of the Civil War and the heritage that...
- Winfield Scott Hancock, 1824-86.
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words
- General Winfield Scott Hancock, 1824-88, and members of his staff.
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words