Winfield Scott Hancock (American National Biography)

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John Y. Simon, "Hancock, Winfield Scott," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/05/05-00313.html.
Following his marriage [in 1850], Hancock served at several posts, including Fort Leavenworth, where his regiment calmed disorder in "Bleeding Kansas," and in Utah, where the "Mormon War" ended before the Sixth Infantry arrived. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he ranked as captain and served as chief quartermaster, Southern District of California.

Largest warship in the world launched

Originally named the Windsor Castle but with its name now in honor of the recently deceased national hero, the 200 foot, 5571 ton Duke of Wellington is launched at the Pembroke Dock in Portsmouth, England.  It is the largest warship in the world to date and will carry 140 guns, including a cannon mounted on a pivoting turret, and has engines of 700 horsepower to drive its auxiliary screw propeller. (By John Osborne)
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