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title: Hancock's Corps Assaulting the Bloody Angle
author: William Brooke Thomas Trego
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21379/hancocks-corps-assaulting-the-bloody-angle/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 2025-11-27
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# Hancock's Corps Assaulting the Bloody Angle
_Authored by William Brooke Thomas Trego_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21379.jpg)
## Image Caption
*Hancock's Corps Assaulting the Works at the "Bloody Angle"*, pen and black ink on wove paper by William Brooke Thomas Trego, 1887.
Depicted here is Major General Winfield S. Hancock's II Corps assaulting the "Bloody Angle" on 12 May 1864 during the [Battle of Spotsylvania Court House](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2844/battle-of-spotsylvania-court-house/) in the [American Civil War](https://www.worldhistory.org/American_Civil_War/).
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York [City](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/).
## Cite This Work
### APA
Trego, W. B. T. (2025, November 27). Hancock's Corps Assaulting the Bloody Angle. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Trego, William Brooke Thomas. "Hancock's Corps Assaulting the Bloody Angle." *World History Encyclopedia*, November 27, 2025. .
### MLA
Trego, William Brooke Thomas. "Hancock's Corps Assaulting the Bloody Angle." *World History Encyclopedia*, 27 Nov 2025, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://www.si.edu/object/hancocks-corps-assaulting-works-bloody-angle:chndm_1947-87-12) by **William Brooke Thomas Trego**. Submitted by [Harrison W. Mark](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/harrisonwmark/ "User Page: Harrison W. Mark"), published on 27 November 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Public Domain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain). This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.