Winfield Scott: Veteran General of the US Army

Winfield Scott

An American army officer and general. He commanded forces in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War, the Second Seminole War, and the Mexican-American War, and served as Commanding General of the United States Army from 1841 to 1861. In the Mexican-American War of 1847, he commanded the campaign from the landing at Veracruz to the capture of Mexico City, gaining a reputation as one of the greatest military leaders in U.S. history. In 1852, he was the Whig Party candidate for president, but lost to Franklin Pierce. During the American Civil War, he remained loyal to the Union side and proposed the "Anaconda Plan."

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Year	Winfield Scott
1786	Birth of Winfield Scott (Period: June 13, 1786, Location: Near Petersburg (present-day Dinwiddie County, Virginia))
1807	Chesapeake-Leopard Affair (Age: 20 years old, Period: 1807, Location: Off the East Coast of North America)
1808	Enlistment in the U.S. Army (Age: 21 years old, Period: 1808, Location: United States)
1812	War of 1812 (Age: 25 years old, Period: 1812–1815, Location: Southern United States, especially around Alabama and Tennessee) Battle of Queenston Heights (Age: 26 years old, Period: October 13, 1812, Location: Queenston Heights, Upper Canada (Canada))
1813	Creek War (Age: 26 years old, Period: 1813–1814, Location: Southeastern United States, centered around Alabama)
1814	Battle of Chippawa (Age: 28 years old, Period: July 5, 1814, Location: Chippawa, Upper Canada (Canada)) Battle of Lundy's Lane (Age: 28 years old, Period: July 25, 1814, Location: Niagara Region, Upper Canada (Canada))
1817	Marriage (Winfield Scott, Maria DeHart Mayo, Age: 30 years old, Period: March 27, 1817, Location: Virginia)
1832	Black Hawk War (Age: 45 years old, Period: 1832, Location: Illinois / Wisconsin Territory)
1835	Second Seminole War (Age: 48 years old, Period: 1835–1842, Location: Florida)
1837	Response to the Patriot War (Age: 50 years old, Period: 1837–1838, Location: U.S.-Canada Border)
1838	Involvement in the Cherokee Removal (Age: 51 years old, Period: 1838, Location: Georgia, Tennessee, etc. to Western Territories) Aroostook War (Age: 51 years old, Period: 1838–1839, Location: Maine–New Brunswick Border Region) Involvement in the Cherokee Removal (Winfield Scott, Age: 51 years old, Period: 1838, Location: Georgia, Tennessee, etc. to Western Territories)
1839	Resolution of the Maine-New Brunswick Boundary Dispute (Age: 52 years old, Period: 1839, Location: Maine / New Brunswick)
1841	Appointment as Commanding General of the U.S. Army (Winfield Scott, Age: 55 years old, Period: July 5, 1841, Location: Washington, D.C.)
1846	Mexican-American War (Age: 59 years old, Period: 1846–1848, Location: Mexico / American Southwest)
1847	Governance After the Occupation of Mexico City (Age: 60 years old, Period: 1847–1848, Location: Mexico City) Siege of Veracruz (Age: 60 years old, Period: March 9–29, 1847, Location: Veracruz, Mexico) Battle of Cerro Gordo (Age: 60 years old, Period: April 18, 1847, Location: Cerro Gordo, Veracruz, Mexico) Battle of Contreras (Age: 61 years old, Period: August 19–20, 1847, Location: Contreras, Southwest of Mexico City) Battle of Churubusco (Age: 61 years old, Period: August 20, 1847, Location: Churubusco, South of Mexico City) Battle of Chapultepec and the Occupation of Mexico City (Age: 61 years old, Period: September 12–14, 1847, Location: Mexico City, Mexico)
1852	1852 Presidential Election (Winfield Scott, Age: 65 years old, Period: 1852, Location: United States of America) Defeat in the 1852 Presidential Election (Age: 66 years old, Period: November 2, 1852, Location: United States of America) Defeat in the 1852 Presidential Election (Winfield Scott, Age: 66 years old, Period: November 2, 1852, Location: United States of America)
1855	Brevet Promotion to Lieutenant General (Age: 68 years old, Period: 1855, Location: Washington, D.C.)
1859	San Juan Island Boundary Dispute (Age: 72 years old, Period: 1859, Location: San Juan Island, Washington Territory)
1861	American Civil War (Age: 74 years old, Period: 1861 to Houston's final years in 1863, Location: United States of America) Proposal of the Anaconda Plan (Age: 74 years old, Period: 1861, Location: Washington, D.C.) Union Army Leadership in the Early Civil War (Age: 74 years old, Period: 1861, Location: Washington, D.C.)
1866	Death of Winfield Scott (Age: 79 years old, Period: May 29, 1866)

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Group	List
The Randolph Family	Peyton Randolph John Randolph of Roanoke Edmund Jennings Randolph Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. John Randolph
The Harrison Family	Benjamin Harrison V Carter Henry Harrison I William Henry Harrison Carter Bassett Harrison Benjamin Harrison IV
Wars with Indigenous Peoples and Territorial Expansion	Andrew Jackson William Henry Harrison John Sevier Isaac Shelby Tecumseh William Weatherford Pushmataha Osceola Sequoyah
Texas annexation	James Knox Polk John Tyler Zachary Taylor Winfield Scott Samuel Houston Stephen Fuller Austin

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