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	Winfield Scott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Scott lost to Democrat Franklin Pierce in the general election, but remained a popular national figure, receiving a brevet promotion in 1856 to the rank of lieutenant general, becoming the first American since George Washington to hold that rank.
		Scott served every president from Jefferson to Lincoln, a total of fourteen administrations, and was an active-duty general for thirteen of them (47 years).
		Scott County in the state of Iowa is named in Winfield Scott's honor, as he was the presiding officer at the signing of the peace treaty ending the Black Hawk War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winfield_Scott (1834 words)

	Winfield Scott Hancock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 – February 9, 1886) was a career U.S. Army officer who served with distinction as a general in the American Civil War and ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States in 1880.
		Hancock was born in Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania, one of twin brothers, and named after the famous general Winfield Scott.
		Hancock would serve under Scott and become a general himself, graduating from the U.S. Military Academy in 1844, and rising to the rank of major general by the end of his military career.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winfield_Scott_Hancock (1623 words)

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		Winfield Scott was a Virginian, and his descendants and descendants of his family are found in the southern states.
		Scott designed and executed the amphibious assault on Vera Cruz and later, at the outbreak of the Civil War, accurately foretold the Union blockade of the South, a measure that was fully implemented by the Union, despite the ridicule that was heaped on Scott's "Anaconda Plan".
		Scott was a master of the concepts of both naval power and land warfare, able to think in terms of the effective integration of both to achieve a military objective.
	www.angelfire.com /tx/TCGS/Winscot.html (1061 words)

	Winfield Scott (Page 1)
		The New York firm of Westervelt and MacKay built Winfield Scott in 1850, naming the vessel for the commanding general of the United States Army, hero of the Mexican War, and presidential nominee.
		Winfield Scott was launched on 27 October, 1850, and began operations on the route between New Orleans and New York.
		Winfield Scott departed San Francisco upon its last voyage on December 1, 1853, with a full load of passengers and a shipment of gold bullion.
	hometown.aol.com /mnorder/win_sct.htm (1092 words)

	Winfield Scott
		In 1838, Scott was responsible for overseeing the removal of the Cherokees from Georgia across the Trail of Tears to reservations in the West.
		Scott was commander of American forces in the Mexican War, taking personal command of forces in the southern campaign, while Zachary Taylor headed the northern campaign.
		Scott continued his military command and was dispatched to the Washington Territory to resolve a dispute with Britain in the San Juan Islands in 1859.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h138.html (613 words)

	Scott, Winfield on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1841, Scott was appointed supreme commander of the U.S. army.
		Scott was now a national hero, but as a Whig he was disliked by the Democratic administration of James K. Polk.
		In 1852, Scott was chosen as the Whig candidate for president, but he made a poor showing against his Democratic opponent, Franklin Pierce.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Scott-Wi_MilitaryCareer.asp (780 words)

	Winfield Scott, Commander, Federal Removal Forces, Georgia
		Scott withdrew and reorganized his men, but while looking for a place to attack was hit with a bullet, shattering a bone.
		Scott returned to active military duty in 1832 to fight in various "Indian Wars" and was called upon to replace John Wool as commander of Federal troops in the Cherokee Nation just prior to the Trail of Tears.
		Winfield Scott would be nominated for President by the Whigs in 1852 and lose in the general election to Franklin Pierce.
	ngeorgia.com /people/scott.html (1063 words)

	Winfield Scott (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After recovering from wounds suffered in the assault, Scott participated in the unsuccessful offensive against Montreal, where he identifies the U.S. Army's problem: poorly trained militias in the command of leaders selected for their positions in the local communities rather than their skills or talents as military leaders.
		On July 5, 1841, Scott assumed command of the entire army, a position that he would hold for the next twenty years and would use to effect continued advancements in discipline and the standardization of drill and tactics.
		Scott and his invasion force conducted the first U.S. major amphibious landing at Vera Cruz on April 8, 1847, and secured the port city with minimal casualties.
	carpenoctem.tv /military/winfield.html (1292 words)

	General Winfield Scott and the Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
		With Zachary Taylor's troops stuck in northern Mexico, General Winfield Scott proposed a bold plan, an amphibious attack on the coastal Mexican town of Vera Cruz.
		Scott used his extensive experience with similar operations on the Canadian frontier during the War of 1812 in planning the attack.
		Winfield Scott had so impressed the people of Mexico that a delegation visited his camp to find out what he would require to lead the new government.
	ngeorgia.com /other/scottinmexico.html (609 words)

	Cunningham, Winfield Scott
		Winfield Scott Cunningham was born in Rockbridge, Wisconsin on February 16, 1900 the son of Frederick Michael and Ruth Moore Cunningham.
		Winfield's superior officer was Rear Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn, commandant of the Twelfth Naval District, who during the latter part of 1938 was chairman of a board that recommended the development of Midway and Wake islands as Navy patrol-plane and submarine bases.
		Winfield and the other escapee's were taken to Shanghai on March 14th to be confined in the infamous Bridge House, headquarters of the Kempeitai and scene of its most terrible torture sessions, to await trial for their crimes.
	www.monticellowi.com /RichlandCo/Ancestors/CunninghamWinfredScott.htm (7590 words)

	Winfield Scott Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Winfield Scott saw active duty in the United States Army for half a century, serving under every president from Jefferson to Lincoln.
		The Whig party nomiated Scott for the presidency, but he was decisively defeated by Pierce in the 1852 election.
		Scott again served as negotiator between the United States and Great Britain in the 1859 dispute over San Juan Island in Puget Sound.
	www.clements.umich.edu /Webguides/Arlenes/S/Scott.html (275 words)

	General Winfield Scott Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Winfield Scott was born on June 13, 1786, near Petersburg, Virginia.
		Scott was appointed commanding general of the U.S. Army in 1841.
		Scott was honored with an appointment to the brevet rank of lieutenant general for his service during the war.
	info.lib.uh.edu /sca/collections/faids/html/scott.html (409 words)

	Scott, Winfield articles on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At the outbreak of the War of 1812, Scott was made a lieutenant colonel.
		Hancock, Winfield Scott HANCOCK, WINFIELD SCOTT [Hancock, Winfield Scott] 1824-86, Union general in the American Civil War, b.
		Winfield Scott, continuing his advance after the battle of Cerro Gordo, approached Mexico City.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/11615.html (442 words)

	Winfield Scott Biography Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		By that time, Scott, a Virginia native who refused to join the Confederacy, was clearly nearing the end of his brilliant career.
		Blamed for the Union's dismal showing in the first months of the war, Scott received sharp criticism for his "Anaconda Plan," in which he recommended a naval blockade to press the Confederacy while the Union gradually developed its armed forces for what he anticipated to be a long struggle.
		Although Scott was more clearheaded on the subject than the majority of military and political figures-Union and Confederate alike-who believed the war would conclude quickly, many suspected Old Fuss and Feathers was growing senile.
	www.civilwarhome.com /scottbio.htm (310 words)

	Winfield Scott
		Winfield Scott was born in Petersburg, Virginia on 13th June, 1786.
		Scott joined the army in 1808 and served with distinction as a young brigadier general in the 1812 War.
		Scott was considered too old at seventy-five to command the Union Army and in November, 1861, retired from office.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USACWscott.htm (386 words)

	Winfield Scott Cunningham
		Winfield Scott Cunningham was born in Rockbridge, Richland County, Wisconsin on February 16, 1900 the son of Frederick Michael and Ruth Ella (Moore) Cunningham.
		Winfield Scott Cunningham was assigned as Executive Officer of Fighting Squadron 2 which was an eighteen-plane unit, based on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. The LEXINGTON operated on the west coast with Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet, in flight training, tactical exercises, and battle problems.
		Winfield's superior officer during this period was Rear Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn, commandant of the Twelfth Naval District, who during the latter part of 1938 was chairman of a board that recommended the development of Midway and Wake islands as Navy patrol-plane and submarine bases.
	www.navyhistory.com /stories/Cuningham.html (17709 words)

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	Historic California Posts: Fort Winfield Scott
		Defining the actual boundary of Fort Winfield Scott is virtually impossible as it seems never to have been consistently specified.
		Although always physically a part of the Presidio of San Francisco, Fort Winfield Scott functioned sometimes as a separate military command partially dependent on the Presidio for logistic support., sometimes as a sub-post of the Presidio itself'.
		Fort Winfield Scott's independent role., established in 1912, seems to have permanently ended on June 25, 1946, when it was designated a sub-post of the Presidio of San Francisco..
	www.militarymuseum.org /FtScott.html (977 words)

	Lieutenant General Winfield Scott
		In 1805 Scott entered the college of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA. An imposing six feet five inches tall and 230 pounds, Winfield Scott was quite conspicuous in the crowd of his day.
		Scott’s grandfather, James Scott, was a lawyer who had served under Prince Charles Stuart, “Bonnie Prince Charlie.” It is certainly no wonder Winfield Scott looked to the field of law as a possible vocation.
		Scott had lost two sons as small children, an eldest daughter, Maria, in 1833, and Virginia just prior to the Mexican War.
	www2.msstate.edu /~wsb19/Lieutenant.htm (3335 words)

	Lake Winfield Scott
		Completed in 1942, Lake Winfield Scott is the lasting legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps in north Georgia.
		Named for General Winfield Scott, who led the United States Army for forty years and ran for President in 1852.
		Arthur Woody, who lived in Suches and was personally responsible for building the road that runs past Lake Winfield Scott, was the Forest Ranger in charge of the area until his death in the 1940's.
	georgiatrails.com /places/winfieldscott.html (818 words)

	General Winfield Scott : His Life and Times
		Scott's career spanned an astonishing 54 years and he spent most of it as a general.
		Scott was a profoundly courageous man with a flair for the organizational side of military life.
		From a renowned historian and son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower comes the first-ever biography of General Winfield Scott, the towering commander, a hero of the War of 1812, who was instrumental in shaping America's border and who created the modern U.S. military.
	www.johnholleman.com /mwinfield.html (400 words)

	INFANTRY TACTICS
		Scott was removed from command, not because of incompetence, but because he saw clearly that the Civil War would be a long and difficult one.
		An understanding of Scott's is most important to understanding how the citizen soldier was trained in preparation for this terrible conflict.
		Scott presents his Table of Contents at the end of Volume I. When time allows I will use this to create a more specific site navigation tool.
	home.att.net /~Rebmus/SCOTTSTACTICS.htm (523 words)

	Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Cunningham
		On January 4, 1922 Ensign Winfield Scott Cunningham was detached from the WHIPPLE and reported for duty on the U.S.S. and then reported to the U.S.S. TRACY, which was based at Canton, China on February 1, 1922.
		Winfield had put in periodic requests for flight training, but his October 23, 1924 application, endorsed by F.L. Pinney, Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. MILWAUKEE, was finally favorably acted upon.
		Winfield's earlier request for a transfer to duty with a battleship was approved when he traded billets with an officer in the battleship U.S.S. He received his orders on February 26, 1926 while the MILWAUKEE was at Balboa in the Canal Zone.
	www.chuckhawks.com /admiral_cunningham.htm (19564 words)

	Logistics Lessons Learned by Lieutenant Grant in Mexico
		One such operation Grant was able to consider at first hand was General Winfield Scott's campaign to capture Mexico City, which centered around Scott's decision to operate independently of a base of supplies.
		By ridding himself of the requirement to secure his lines of communication with garrisons in his rear, Scott was able to increase his force to some 14,000 men.
		Scott had shown him that, under certain conditions, an army could cut loose from its line of supply, survive, and win.
	www.almc.army.mil /alog/issues/JanFeb03/MS732.htm (1514 words)

	Winfield Scott Schley
		Winfield Scott Schley was the commander of the U.S. Navy's"Flying Squadron" until it was united with the "North Atlantic Fleet" under Rear Admiral Sampson.
		At the Battle of Santiago, Schley was the commander of the U.S naval forces present, and fought the battle from his position aboard the BROOKLYN.
		Winfield Scott Schley was born near Frederick, Maryland.
	www.spanamwar.com /schley.htm (2037 words)

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