GENERAL SCOTT***

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Great Commanders

Edited by James Grant Wilson

[Illustration: Winfield Scott]

GENERAL SCOTT

by

GENERAL MARCUS J. WRIGHT

New York D. Appleton and Company 1894 Copyright, 1893, By D. Appleton and Company. All rights reserved.

The Great Commanders Series. Edited by General James Grant Wilson.

Admiral Farragut. By Captain A.T. MAHAN, U.S.N.

General Taylor. By General O.O. HOWARD, U.S.A.

General Jackson. By JAMES PARTON.

General Greene. By Captain FRANCIS V. GREENE, U.S.A.

General J.E. Johnston. By ROBERT M. HUGHES, of Virginia.

General Thomas. By HENRY COPPER, LL.D.

General Scott. By General MARCUS J. WRIGHT.

_IN PREPARATION_

General Washington. By General BRADLEY T. JOHNSON.

General Sherman. By General MANNING F. FORCE.

General Grant. By General JAMES GRANT WILSON.

Admiral Porter. By JAMES R. SOLEY, late Assist. Sec. of Navy.

General Lee. By General FITZHUGH LEE.

General Hancock. By General FRANCIS A. WALKER.

General Sheridan. By General HENRY E. DAVIES.

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PREFACE.

In the preparation of this volume the author has consulted and used with freedom the following-named works: History of the Mexican War, by General Cadmus M. Wilcox; Autobiography of General Scott; Life of General Scott, by Edward D. Mansfield; Life of General Scott, by David Hunter Strother; Life of General Scott, by J.T. Headley; History of the Mexican War, by John S. Jenkins; Anecdotes of the Civil War, by General E.D. Townsend; Sketches of Illustrious Soldiers, by General James Grant Wilson; Fifty Years' Observation of Men and Things, by General E.D. Keyes; Reminiscences of Thurlow Weed, and Historical Register of the United States Army, by F.B. Heitman.

My thanks are due to Mr. David Fitzgerald, Librarian of the War Department; Mr. Andrew H. Allen, Librarian of the State Department; and Colonel John B. Brownlow, for many courtesies. I am specially indebted to Mr. John N. Oliver, of Washington city, for valuable assistance rendered me.

M.J.W.

WASHINGTON, _August, 1893_.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Parentage and birth of Scott--Precocity--Enters William and Mary College--Leaves college and commences the study of law with Judge Robinson--Attends the trial of Burr at Richmond--Impressment of American seamen and proclamation of President Jefferson--Joins the Petersburg troop--Leaves for Charleston--Returns to Petersburg--Appointed captain of artillery--Trial of General Wilkinson--Scott sends in his resignation, but withdraws it and returns to Natchez--Is cou...

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