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The Daily Dispatch: August 24, 1863., [Electronic resource], From Northern Virginia (search)
sult by their judgment and valuable suggestions. In the panorama of Commanding Generals which this army exhibits, of course we are to expect that Gen. Meade will one day be relieved. In that case, either Hancock or Warren may succeed him. Banks is also spoken of. Warren, though mentioned as a first-class engineer, and an officer generally capable, having a small command, and being circumscribed in his sphere, is little known beyond the limited circle of headquarters. He graduated at West Point, and commenced the war as Lieutenant Colonel of the 5th New York. Hancock, on the contrary, is known and admired by the army at large, and more especially for his magnificent management of the 2d corps during the Gettysburg fight. Though long a brilliant division commander in its organization, he had but recently taken command of the corps, and astonished the officers by his original and splendid generalship. In addition to his military genius, Hancock is strikingly polished and courtly