winfield scott

     

Known as "Old Fuss N' Feathers", he wrote the Army's first complete manual of drill regulations

Trivia about winfield scott

  • Captured & freed in the War of 1812, he was later an 1852 presidential candidate & a Union general
  • Hero of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, he resigned November 1, 1861, as head of the Union army
  • Though he was born near Petersburg, VA., this "Old Fuss And Feathers" general sided with the Union
  • The Whig candidate of 1852, he held the rank of general in 3 wars
  • In September 1847 this general led the American troops that captured Mexico City
  • On September 14, 1847, this general led the American army into Mexico City
  • In 1852 this hero of Verzcruz in the Mexican War was nominated by the Whig party as its presidential candidate
  • Some say "Great Scott!" began as a tribute to the exploits of this Mexican War hero
  • Nicknamed "Old Fuss & Feathers", he was general-in-chief of the Army from 1841 to 1861

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