But when Winfield Scott tried to imitate Taylor's political victory in 1852, he failed. By the time the Civil War broke out, Scott had been appointed brevet lieutenant general — the first ...

During the bloody years when the Civil War tore apart the United States ... "But through an order of Gen. Winfield Scott, who was a Union general, it was really set up as neutral ground.

including the original commanding general of the U.S. Army during the Civil War, Winfield Scott, are missing from the plaque. It is now preserved at Special Collections at Swem Library. The College ...

He served briefly in the Mexican-American War and as an observer to the Crimean ... Disagreements between Commander-in-Chief General Winfield Scott and McClellan led to Scott's retirement and ...

war hero Winfield Scott. Challenges: Franklin Pierce had to deal with the violent consequences—“Bleeding Kansas”—of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which some historians categorize as a low-intensity ...