Headquarters of Major General Winfield Scott Hancock

Dedicated: June 1913.

Location: Located north side Pleasonton Avenue, between Humpherys Avenue and Hancock Avenue.

Description: One of ten Civil War US Headquarter Markers in the Park. Consists of cast iron cannon tube, 4.5-inch rifled siege gun, mounted on a granite base. Erected by the Gettysburg National Parks Commission. Designed by Emmor B. Cope of the War Department. Rough-hewn, coursed, 3 part base, 3’2″sq, 2’7″H. Cannon tube mounted upright on base. Overall 10’6″H. Bronze inscription tablet & location tablet on West side facing public roads and park avenues.

Inscription:

Army of the Potomac
2d. Corps Headquarters
Major General
Winfield S. Hancock
July 1,2,3,4 1863

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