Editing Winfield Scott Hancock (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Smith arch Hancock.jpg|thumb| Statue of Hancock on the [[Smith Memorial Arch]] in Philadelphia]]
[[File:General Winfield Scott Hancock Memorial.JPG|thumb|upright|[[General Winfield Scott Hancock (Ellicott)|General Winfield Scott Hancock Memorial]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]]]
Winfield Scott Hancock is memorialized in a number of statues:
* An [[equestrian statue]] on East Cemetery Hill on the [[Gettysburg Battlefield]].
* A [[Winfield Scott Hancock (statue)|portrait statue]] by [[Cyrus Edwin Dallin|Cyrus Dallin]] as part of the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg.
* An [[alto-relievo]] representing Hancock's wounding during [[Pickett's Charge]], on the [[New York State Monument]] at Gettysburg. Designed by sculptor [[Caspar Buberl]]
* An equestrian statue located at [[Pennsylvania Avenue (Washington, D.C.)|Pennsylvania Avenue]] and 7th Street, NW in [[Washington, D.C.]]
* An equestrian statue atop the [[Smith Memorial Arch]] in [[Fairmount Park]], [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].
* A monumental bronze bust in Hancock Square, [[New York City]], by sculptor [[James Wilson Alexander MacDonald]].
* [[Fort Hancock, Texas]]
* [[Fort Hancock, New Jersey|Fort Hancock]] on [[Sandy Hook, New Jersey|Sandy Hook]], New Jersey, was named for General Hancock.
The original Winfield Scott Hancock Elementary School, located at Arch and East Spruce Streets in Norristown, Pennsylvania, was built in 1895 in memory of the General who grew up not far from the site. It was replaced in 1962 by a new building still in use by the [[Norristown Area School District]] only a few blocks away at Arch and Summit Streets, which is also named after General Hancock. The original 1895 building still stands and is used by a community non-profit organization.

A [[Pennsylvania historical markers|Pennsylvania historical marker]] was dedicated September 11, 1947, along Bethlehem Pike ([[PA 309]]), just south of [[U.S. Route 202 in Pennsylvania|US 202]], where Hancock was born.

[[File:US-$2-SC-1886-Fr.242.jpg|thumb|1886 $2 Silver Certificate depicting Hancock]]
Hancock's portrait adorns U.S. currency on the $2 Silver Certificate series of 1886. Approximately 1,500 to 2,500 of these bills survive today in numismatic collections. Hancock's bill is ranked number 73 on a list of "100 Greatest American Currency Notes".<ref>Bowers, D.Q., and Sundman, D.M., ''100 Greatest American Currency Notes'', Whitman Publishing, LLC, 2006.</ref>

Hancock was an important character in the Shaara family's Civil War [[historical novel]]s: ''[[The Killer Angels]]'' by [[Michael Shaara]], and ''[[Gods and Generals (novel)|Gods and Generals]]'' and ''[[The Last Full Measure (novel)|The Last Full Measure]]'' by [[Jeffrey Shaara]]. In the films ''[[Gettysburg (1993 film)|Gettysburg]]'' (1993) and ''[[Gods and Generals (film)|Gods and Generals]]'' (2003), based on the first two of these novels, Hancock is portrayed by Brian Mallon,<ref>[https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117919969.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 "Gods and Generals" review], ''Variety'', February 16, 2003. Retrieved 2008-07-05.</ref> and is depicted in both films in a very favorable light. A number of scenes in the novel ''Gods and Generals'' that depict Hancock and his friend [[Lewis A. Armistead]] in Southern California before the war were omitted from the film.