Reminiscences of Winfield Scott Hancock
by Almira Russell Hancock, 1887
How he received the news of his defeat.
At 7 o'clock, P. M., on the day of the election, he yielded to the extreme weariness and prostration that ensued from his five months' labors and went to bed, begging me under no circumstances to disturb him, as the result would be known sooner or later, and to-morrow would be time enough. At 5 o'clock on the following morning he inquired of me the news. I replied, “It has been a complete Waterloo for you.” “That is all right,” said he, “I can stand it,” and in another moment he was again asleep.
How he received the news of his defeat., Reminiscences of Winfield Scott Hancock, by by Almira Russell Hancock, 1887, Chapter XVIII, page 172.