* Where was Hancock's first assignment after graduating from West Point?
* Hancock got a transfer from his desk job to serve in the Mexican War. Whom did he serve under?
* What was his wife's name?
* Hancock served in Florida at Fort Myers during which war?
* Immediately before the Civil War broke out, in which city did Hancock serve as Chief Quartermaster of the Southern District of California?
* Hancock was a captain when the war started. He reported to George McClellan and was promoted to what at the beginning of the war?
* What battle did Hancock not serve in?
* Hancock supervised reconstruction in which two states?
* In what year was Hancock the Democratic nominee for president?