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Adelbert Hancock

9 May 1842 – 24 Apr 1862

Birth	9 May 1842
Death	24 Apr 1862
Cemetery	Fayetteville National Cemetery Fayetteville , Washington County , Arkansas , USA
Added by	THOMAS STOEBER on 01 Jul 2022
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/241171120

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Fact details 3 Sep 1861 Enlistment Fairfield Iowa Enlisted with brother Samuel M. Hancock and his brother-in-law David German Germond. Confederate General Price evacuated Springfield in advance of the approaching Union troops retreating toward the Ozark Mountains. The Army of the Southwest pursuing left Fact details 23 Apr 1862 Pea Ridge, Benton, Arkansas, United States Died after the first day of battle Adelbert Hancock in the U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 Name: Adelbert Hancock Death Date: 24 Apr 1862 Death Place: Hospital Forsyth, Missouri Enlistment State: Iowa Rank: Rev Company: F Regiment: 9 Iowa Vols Box Number: 16 Adelbert J Hancock in the U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 Name: Adelbert J Hancock Enlistment Age: 20 Birth Date: abt 1841 Birth Place: Michigan, USA Enlistment Date: 3 Sep 1861 Enlistment Rank: Private Muster Date: 14 Sep 1861 Muster Place: Iowa Muster Company: F Muster Regiment: 9th Infantry Muster Regiment Type: Infantry Muster Information: Enlisted Muster Out Date: 23 Apr 1862 Muster Out Place: Forsythe, Missouri Muster Out Information: died Side of War: Union Survived War?: No Residence Place: Brush Creek, Iowa Title: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion Adelbert J Hancock in the U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 View Name: Adelbert J Hancock Unit: F 9 Iowa. Inf Relation to Head: Soldier Mother: Caroline Hancock Roll number: 197 Fayetteville National Cemetery, located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, opened in 1867 to serve as the final resting place for soldiers killed in action during the nearby Civil War Battles of Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove. The cemetery retains its 1890 southern entrance gates and portions of the 1926 brick wall by the entrance. Veterans of the Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried in Fayetteville National Cemetery. At Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove, Confederate forces occupied strategic positions, however, they were unable to capitalize on their advantages and Union forces won both battles. On March 2, 1862 at Pea Ridge, 30 miles northwest of Fayetteville, 10,500 Union troops outflanked 16,000 Confederates and bombarded them with artillery fire, preventing a Confederate advance into Missouri. Nine months later at the Battle of Prairie Grove, the Confederate troops attempted to strike two groups of Union soldiers separately, but Union Brigadier Generals Blunt and Herron were able to combine their forces just before the battle. Though the casualties were even, Union troops forced the Confederates to retreat across the Arkansas River, effectively ending the fight for northwest Arkansas, and opening the door for future Union victories at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Little Rock. Recognizing the need for proper burial grounds for those killed in the Arkansas campaigns, the Federal Government established the Fayetteville National Cemetery in 1867. The Union had more than 2,300 total casualties at Pea Ridge and 2,700 at Prairie Grove. Reinterred remains from nearby battlefields account for many of the earliest burials at Fayetteville.

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