As a cadet at West Point, young Ulysses S. Grant considered General Winfield Scott "the finest specimen of manhood my eyes had ever beheld," and admired his skills as a general. Nicknamed "Old Fuss ...

The bronze statue of Union Gen. Winfield Scott was greeted with ridicule as soon as it went up near the White House in 1874. Today controversial statues of Confederate generals are coming down across ...

A hero of the Mexican War of 1846-48, Winfield Scott departed at the end of October 1861 as general-in-chief of the U.S. Army. Scott had served more than half a century under 14 presidents, but age ...

(WHTM) — In May of 1861, General-in-Chief Winfield Scott, commander of the United States Army, who had fought in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, was watching the country he served fall apart.

https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.26248923.3 https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.26248923.3 Within the Voices of the Civil War collection, readers will find more than fifty ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Military leader Winfield Scott served under fourteen presidents, throughout which time he carried out the country’s ...

Today controversial statues of Confederate generals are coming down across the country. But in Washington, D.C., the equestrian statue of Union Gen. Winfield Scott stirred controversy as soon as it ...