Winfield Scott Hancock: Reconstruction Commander | Part 15

Reconstruction of the South immediately following the American Civil War was a turbulent time in United States History and Winfield Scott Hancock, the veteran of Gettysburg and Fredericksburg, was thrown into the chaos that was Reconstruction Era New Orleans. Hancock acted against radical Republican ideas and recalled many of the troops sent to watch polls during elections that Philip Sheridan had placed in those roles. Hancock would not have that role for long and be sent to the East.

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[tracystover]

Another excellent video. No matter what people think of Hancock and how he handled things during the time, he was a man who truly kept to his principles.

[UncleSasquatchOutdoors]

Thanks for another great video. Hancock went at this as he should have. Fortunately, Tennessee was spared a lot of grief during Reconstruction.

[darylwilliams]

Hancock had good ideas at precisely the wrong time. His view of the operation of local governments would have been fine one or two decades later after the dust had settled from the conflict and patterns of behaviour between the races had settled into something peaceful, but I think his principles led him to contribute to the 'confederates' winning the cultural war and suppressing black rights in the south for another century.

We now know, especially from post-war reconstruction in Europe, that a reformed, competent and capable government does just not just spring out of a hole in the ground once the tragedy of war and invasion is over.

[Chiller]

Another fascinating issue. The skills that make great military commanders are not necessarily transferable to civil governance. It’s disturbing but not surprising that the same issues dividing the country in 1865 are still creating conflict a century and a half later. Three steps forward two steps back.

[kkonacreed]

Huge fan of this series about Hancock…I was wondering if you could do a video ranking the division commanders, best to worst. Perhaps one for the Union and one for the confederates, with short explanations why, like 30 seconds or so. Everybody knows about corps commanders and army commanders but I find information on the value or lack thereof of individual division commanders hard to come by. That seems a little too in depth for most YT channels, but I know you’d be up to the challenge

[kkonacreed]

Imagine if we had people who respected states rights like Hancock these days…might not have been what was needed for civil rights back then but it sure as hell is now.

[gregdiiamond]

I love this series! Please consider John Mosby for a future series.

[darylwilliams]

MacArthur ruled Japan for 7 years after WW2, and American troops have never left German soil (although now they are there for other reasons). I wonder if smart people in the government learned from the misadventure of their own reconstruction? I'm betting yes. The Civil War continues to echo down the years, even today.

[zach]

Man, that's something. Hancock was put in a difficult position. It's almost like he favored small governments without any interference from the federal government. Seems like States rights. Wonder what was his views on slavery and civil rights were.

[iHrnPrpPplEater]

From what you say his beliefs were, starting at 2:08, sounds like he fought for the wrong side then.

[wmschooley]

Just my thoughts and opinion. Others are free to take a different view. Hancock may have been a southerner who remained loyal to the United States. He may have been a brilliant army general in putting down the rebellion. But Hancock was still a man of his times and upbringing. “Equality under the law” had a different social meaning in the 19th century than it does in the 21st century. That’s how America got “separate but equal” for so many years. Hancock’s outlook, social and racial views must be judged in the context of his own time, circumstances and place. The reality is that after the civil war, emancipation and the passage of the Reconstruction Amendments (the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments), in many ways, Southern blacks now faced the same reality faced by Northern blacks, a legally free people surrounded by a largely hostile white society. Respectfully, W.S.

[santim]

I'm disappointed in Hancock for not upholding civil rights.

[johngibbons]

Another great instalment. Brilliant General but a man on the wrong side of history after the war

[kidmohair]

"radical republican" means something v e r y different these days

[jhroenigk]

So basically a great battlefield general and kind of a crap political general. We all have virtues and faults though.

[robertm.]

Being a Democrat (of his time), do you think this played a role in his principals and decisions made dung his time in Louisiana? My initial thought, he did very little to get in the way of Dem voting of the time.