General Scott

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General Scott is the honorific title commonly used for Winfield Scott, a prominent 19th-century United States Army general and national military leader.

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instanceOf United States Army general
human
awarded Congressional Gold Medal
birthDate 1786-06-13
birthPlace Dinwiddie County, Virginia
candidateInElection United States presidential election, 1852
commanded U.S. forces in the Mexico City campaign
U.S. forces in the Veracruz campaign
conflictRole Union Army strategist in early American Civil War
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1866-05-29
deathPlace West Point, New York
education College of William & Mary (attended, did not graduate)
ethnicGroup European American
familyName Scott
gender male
givenName Winfield
honorificTitle General Scott
knownFor development of early Union strategy in the Civil War
leadership in the Mexican–American War
long service as Commanding General of the U.S. Army
languageSpoken English
militaryBranch United States Army
militaryRank Brevet Lieutenant General
Major General
nickname Old Fuss and Feathers
nominatedFor President of the United States
notableWork Anaconda Plan
participatedIn American Civil War
Black Hawk War
Mexican–American War
Second Seminole War
War of 1812
placeOfBurial West Point Cemetery
politicalParty Whig Party
positionHeld Commanding General of the United States Army
profession lawyer
soldier
proposedStrategy Union blockade of the Confederacy
represented Whig Party
residence New York City
Washington, D.C.
serviceEnd 1861
serviceStart 1808
termEnd 1861
termStart 1841

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subject linked to: General Scott