Brigadier General Winfield Scott

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military officer
gptkbp:advocatesFor Professional military education
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:West_Point
gptkb:U.S._Military_Academy
Military innovation
Military leadership
Military campaigns
Military history
Military doctrine
Civil War strategy
American_military_history
Union_Army_leadership
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate June 13, 1786
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Dinwiddie_County,_Virginia
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:West_Point_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Winfield_Scott,_Jr.
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:contributedTo Military tactics
gptkbp:deathDate May 29, 1866
gptkbp:education gptkb:College_of_William_&_Mary
gptkbp:foughtIn gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkb:Mexican-American_War
gptkb:Black_Hawk_War
War of 1812
Second Seminole War
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Winfield_Scott
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Brigadier General Winfield Scott
gptkbp:influenced Future military leaders
Military_strategy_in_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:knownFor Military reforms
Anaconda Plan
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Old_Fuss_and_Feathers
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Mexican-American_War
War of 1812
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:General_George_B._McClellan
gptkbp:president 1852 United States presidential election
gptkbp:rank Brigadier General
gptkbp:servedIn General-in-Chief
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:serviceYears 1808–1861
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Maria_Scott
gptkbp:successor gptkb:General_Henry_Halleck