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The NEW President of the
Cornelia Hancock Aux. #10
Patricia Wilhelm
Good Day to all of you,as president of the Cornelia Hancock Aux. #10, I would
Like to start the year out with just a few words from a past Dept. President. " No
object of the Women's Relief Corps is more praise worthy and fine than that of
the prevention of desecration and abuse of the flag of our country." Jennie Iowa
Berry" past National President 1910. I strongly believe that it is up to each and
every one of us to get out and promote the respect that our flag and country
deserves. I hope that this will be a burning desire in each of use as our country
continues to fight for freedom in all aspects.
Yours in F.L.&C.
Patricia Wilhelm
President
Cornelia Hancock Aux. #10
Harry H. Enders
Orderly Sergeant
116th New York Volunteer Infantry
Company C
Birth: April 1, 1841, Amherst, New York
Enlisted July 21, 1862.
Discharged June 8, 1865
The 116th NY was recruited entirely from Erie Co., NY and mustered into service on Sept. 3, 1862 at Fort Porter. The following spring, they were engaged in operations in Louisiana, including the Siege of Port Hudson where Harry was wounded in the right arm. The regiment was moved to Virginia in July 1864 where they fought in the battles of Opequan Creek on Sept. 19 and Fisher's Hill on Sept 22, 1864 under the command of General Philip H. Sheridan. Their final engagement was in the Battle of Cedar Creek on October 19, 1864. The regiment returned to Erie Co. where it was given a warm reception in a parade through the streets of Buffalo. On July 23, 1865, Harry married Maria Hoil, the daughter of John and Fanny Ried Hoil of Amherst. Maria was born Feb. 24, 1844 in Clarence, NY. After the war, Harry was a prosperous farmer in Goodrich, Genesee County, Michigan. He and his wife had nine children: Addison, *Orvill, *Anna F., *Edwin H., *Ethel M., Melvin, William, George, and *Nettie. *Five of their nine children died before reaching adulthood.Harry Enders died in 1920 and is buried in Goodrich Cemetery.
Winfield Scott Hancock,
Along with his twin brother, Hilary were born on February 14, 1824 at Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania to Benjamin and Elisabeth Hancock. When Winfield was six years old, his father moved the family to Norristown, Pennsylvania where he began a law practice. At age sixteen, Winfield entered the Military Academy at West Point on July 1, 1840 and on July 1, 1844 he graduated 25 in his class. When the War with Mexico began, Hancock was assigned to the quartermaster department but did not go to Mexico until 1847.Upon the end of the war in 1848, Hancock and his regiment, the 6th United States Infantry, remained for sometime in Mexico City where he met a young Virginian by the name of Henry Heth. Hancock and Heth became close friends and when the 6th U.S. Infantry was transferred to Jefferson Barracks, in St. Louis Missouri, Heth was instrumental in introducing Hancock to Almira Russell, who Winfield married on January 24, 1850. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Hancock was stationed in Los Angeles, California. Obtaining permission to leave his quartermaster duties, Hancock headed East to offer his services in the defense of the Union. Arriving in the City of Washington in September, Hancock was summoned to the Headquarters of Major General George B. McClellan. McClellan appointed Hancock, Brigadier General Of Volunteers on September 23, 1861. Hancock’s first action was during McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign, where he commanded a brigade at the Battle of Williamsburg on May 5, 1862. McClellan, in a letter to his wife after the battle, stated that "Hancock was superb yesterday." From that letter the sobriquet of "Hancock the Superb" was born. Hancock’s military career was on the rise and he would be called upon to command some of the most difficult tasks that the Army of the Potomac would offer. At the Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, Hancock would assume command of the 1st Division of the II Corps at the Sunken Road (Bloody Lane). Promoted to Major General on November 29, 1862, Hancock led his division during the Battle of Fredericksburg and attacked the Confederate position along the Stone Wall at the foot of Marye’s Heights. May 3, 1863, Hancock and his Division served as the army’s rearguard as it crossed back over the Rappahannock River at the Battle of Chancellorsville. After the resignation of Darius N. Couch, May 22, 1863, Hancock assumes command of the II Corps and had little time to acquaint himself with his new command when orders came for the Army of the Potomac to proceed North, in pursuit of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. By July 1, 1863, Hancock and his II Corps were in Maryland when Major General George Gordon Meade, now commanding the Army of the Potomac, came to Hancock requesting him to go to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and "take command of the Corps there." At 3:30 PM, on July 1, 1863, Hancock arrived at East Cemetery Hill, just outside of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and found the commander of the Union XI Corps, Major General Oliver Otis Howard, attempting to establish a defensive position. Hancock offered to show Howard the orders from Meade giving him command of the field but Howard did not wish to see them and told Hancock to "go ahead." Hancock then went to work establishing the Union battle line that would be known as the "Fish Hook.". For the next two days, Winfield Scott Hancock would play a significant role in the fighting at Gettysburg. On the second day of battle, Hancock sent the 1st Division of his II Corps to repair the damage to the Union left, caused when Major General Dan Sickles attempted to moved his III Corps forward into the Peach Orchard. Sickle’s action exposed the left flank of the army just as Confederate General Longstreet launched his attack towards the Round Tops. On the third day, General Meade had placed Hancock in command of the I and III Corps along with his own II Corps. Hancock was now commanding three fifths of the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg when "Pickett’s Charge" took place on July 3, 1863. During the Confederate artillery bombardment, that preceded "Pickett’s Charge," Hancock rode along his line encouraging his men to hold their ground. A soldier who witnessed Hancock that day stated "his daring heroism and splendid presence gave the men new courage." Upon conclusion of the bombardment, the Confederate infantry assault began. Hancock was not idle during the attack and seemed to be everywhere on the battlefield directing regiments and brigades into the fight. As Hancock was approaching the Vermont Brigade commanded by Brigadier General George J. Stannard, he suddenly reeled in his saddle and began to fall to the ground. Two of Stannard’s officers sprang forward and caught Hancock as he fell, a bullet had torn through Hancock’s saddle and penetrated eight inches into his right groin. Refusing to be moved from the field, though in much pain, Hancock continued to direct and encourage his men. Upon the repulse of the Confederate attack, Hancock was removed from the field and taken to a field hospital. Eventually he would be taken to his father’s home in Norristown, Pennsylvania to recover. The Battle of Gettysburg was over and the Union victory would prove to be the result of the leadership of Major General Winfield Scott Hancock. On April 21, 1866, Hancock would receive the thanks of Congress for his "skill and heroic valor" during the Battle of Gettysburg. Hancock returned to the Army of the Potomac in time for the 1864 campaign that would culminate in the ten month siege of Petersburg, Virginia. During that campaign, He would command his II Corps at the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, North Anna River, Cold Harbor,Deep Bottom, Ream’s Station and the Boydton Plank Road. However, as a result of his Gettysburg wound, that continued to plague him, he would relinquish command of the II Corps on November 26, 1864. In April 1865, Hancock was summonsed to Washington to take charge of carrying out the orders of execution on the "Lincoln Conspirators." In 1867, Hancock would create controversy as commander of the 5th Military District of Louisiana and Texas when he issued General Order No. 40, returning civil law back to the people of those southern states. By 1880, Hancock was the military commander of the Department of the Atlantic with his headquarters at Governor’s Island, located in New York Harbor. On June 24, 1880, Winfield Scott Hancock received the Democratic nomination for President of the United States but lost the election to James Garfield by only a small margin. During the election, Hancock was the first Northerner, since the war, to carry the Southern states in a Presidential election. Upon the death of Ulysses S. Grant, Hancock was ordered by President Grover Cleveland, on August 8, 1885, to supervise and direct the funeral of the former President and General of the United States Army in New York City. This would be Winfield Scott Hancock’s last public appearance. Major General Winfield Scott Hancock would end his life still on active duty at Governor’s Island, New York. He died on February 9, 1886 at 2:35 PM as a result of advanced diabetes, which was also the cause of his father’s death in 1867. After a brief funeral service at Trinity Church, in New York City, General Hancock’s remains were taken to his boyhood home of Norristown, Pennsylvania, where he was placed, alongside his daughter, Ada, in a mausoleum that he had designed in Montgomery Cemetery. The history of Major General Winfield Scott Hancock is a story of an American hero who was dedicated to the Union and the United States. "Hancock the Superb, Thunderbolt of the Army of the Potomac," all are names that described his skill and valor during the Civil War but, perhaps the phrase used by former President Rutherford B. Hayes, upon Hancock’s death, sums up the life of the "Hero of Gettysburg," best when he said of him that " he was through and through pure gold."
The people that work on this paper:
Head Published: James Smithcors.
Associate Published: Doug Charles.
Editors: James & Vi Smithcors.
Art Director: James Connelly Sr.
Writer Managing: Vi Smithcors.
Camp Manager: Morris Riland Sr. & JR.
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*New* For all, Lyon Camp #10 and the SUVCW
April the 16
Good Morning My dear friend this is quite a pleasant morning
I almost forgot to tell you that I got a letter about 2 week ago
forwarded from the president A Lincoln but the next one he sends
to me he had beter not get you to write it + I won't be so sure to
know that it came from you my Dearest friend + only lover + loveing
Bob well I think I will haft to draw my leter to a close for the present
time by telling you to write soon all at presant from your kind friend
Sallie S. Scott to Robert Barnett you said that you
wanted me to send you a stamp or thats what I took it to be from the
way you had it speld I havent any 3 cts ones but will send you all the
one cent ones that I have at this time I forgot the old hors he is doing well
only there is someting rong with his neck so he cant put his hed down to drink
Sallie Seeper Robert James write soon.
Greetings to all New Jersey Brothers,
GETTYSBURG!..............What can one say that hasn't already been said about that most "Revered" town -- and "Remembrance Day."
I want to thank all of you who were able to come out and persevere the wet and cold elements for Saturday's parade and the High Water Mark Ceremonies. Wool only repels water just so long, now we can all appreciate a little bit better what our forefathers went through when they were on the march in the rain. Remember, they didn't have the luxury of a motel room to go back to that evening -- they slept outside all night in it............................. Brother Bud A. did another "Outstanding" as always with the ceremonies of the day. I hope that we all can continue to have the spirit and the dedication that "Bud" has on a daily basis, thank you, sir!
I was very, very pleased to see such a great effort put forth by the New Jersey Department both in spirit and in numbers. We did our state proud and our fellow New Jersey Veterans were smiling down upon us.
The color bearers were "Sharp"! Thank you Bros. Fred, Paul & Mike. Bro. Norm, your attire was grand, I hope that you didn't catch a draft......... Brother Buddy, A job well done as for the 12th NJ also. Bro. Dave, great job with Cadence. I also want to thank all of the ladies from the Elizabeth Thorn Aux. and my wife Viola for a great job of weathering out the elements as well. I don't want to forget Bro. Bob Bowell, thanks for making the trip, bro. Bob and I ran into each other after the parade at KFC of all places, what can I say, we like chicken.
Last but not least, I want to say thanks to our Confederate counterparts, the 1st N. Carolina under the command of John H.. We meet up with them at a number of our events both in gunsights and friendship. I must not forget Bro. Patrick Peters, he is one of our brothers who stands tall (sorry Pat), one can always look forward to his wisdom and wit.
"Brothers," I thank you for your efforts, a job well done. It is good to see that the "Espirite de Corps" is alive and well in New Jersey. Let us try to increase our numbers for next year.
Respectfully as always,
Your most humble servant,
In - Fraternity, Charity & Loyalty,
Brother Buzz S., Dept Cmd. Of New Jersey SUVCW
Cmd. PCC - Lyon Camp #10, SUV
Web Master, Dept. NJ
CO. A, 35th NJ Vols.
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