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1803, but was unable to oommand a body of troops till April, 180i, when he was promoted to ^e command of the 2nd ,Army Corps, and was en- gaged in all the battles of the Wilderness campaign, from May 5 to June 19, 1864, when the breaking out of the old wound received at Gettysburg compelled him to leave for a time. He returned to his command in July, and remained with it till Nov. 26, 1864, being subsequently engaged in lighter duties till the close of the war. He was promoted to be Brigadier- GJeneral of the regular army in Aug. 1864, Brevet Major-General, March 13, 1865, and Major-General, United States Army, July 26, 1866. After the war he was successively Commander of the Middle Depart- ment (1865-66), of the Department of the Missouri (1866-67), of the Department of Loiiisiana and Texas (1867-69), and of the Depart- ment of the Dakota (1869-72). Upon the death of General Meade, Nov. 1872, the President, in ac- knowledgment of his great military services, apx)ointed General Han- cock to the command of the Depart- ment of the East, with his head- quarters at GU)vemor'8 Island, New York, a position which he still holds, being one of the three major- generals in the United States army. In 1868 Gen. Hancock was a promi- nent candidate for the Democratic nomination to the presidency, which, however, was given to Ex- Governor Seymour. Securing the nomination in 1880, he was defeated iii the election by Mr. Garfield, who received a popular majority of 7018 and an electoral majority of 59 over General Hancock.

HANNAPORD, Samubl, born in 1828, spent the earlier part of his life in England and Ireland. In 1851 he published a *' Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Ferns " in the neighlM)urhood of Totnes, in Devonshire, and for some years was a constant contributor of botanical papers and natural history notes to

the Naturalist and other scientific journals. In Aug. 1852, he pro- ceeded to Australia, settling down in Melbourne, Victoria, the fauna and flora of which colony he at once commenced to investigate. At this period he contributed several scientinc papers to the Home Com- panion and the Journal of Austral- asia. In 1856 a work from his pen, under the title of "Jottings in Australasia, or Notes on the Flora and Fauna of Victoria," was issued, and had a large circulation. Whilst residing at Geelong, he edited for five years the Victorian Agricultural and Horticultural Oazette, initiated and became honorary secretary of the Horticultural Improvement Association, and wrote a small work entitled "Sea and Riverside Rambles." Removing to Tasmania, a new field for inquiry was thrown open to him, the result of which was the publication, in 1866, of a volume on the "Wild Flowers of Tasmania." Whilst engaged as editor of the Launceston Times, Mr. Hannaf ord wrote the nucleus of a Guide-Book to Tasmania, and a pamphlet on the "Poets and Poetry of Ireland." In 1869 he became connected with the Tas- manian Times, in the south of the island, on the staff of which journal he remained until the resuscitation, under the auspices of the Govern- ment, in 1870, of the Tasmanian Public Library, when he was chosen secretary and librarian to that institution.

HANNAH, The Ven. John, D.C.L., born in 1818, was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, of which he was scholar, and where he took his B.A. degree in 1840 as a first-class in classics. He was elected to a Fellowship at Lincoln College, where he obtained a large university connection as a private tutor ; became Rector of the Academy at Edinburgh in 1847; and succeeded Bishop Wordsworth in 185 1, as Warden of Trinity Col- lege, Glenalmond, an educational

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