MAKE A MEME View Large Image Frank Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War..., edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895) "General Scott was born near Petersburg, Va., in 1786; was educated for a lawyer and admitted ...
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Keywords: (from Frank Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War..., edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895) "General Scott was born near Petersburg, Va., in 1786; was educated for a lawyer and admitted to the bar at the age of twenty. When the War of 1812 broke out he was appointed captain of artillery, thus beginning a military career unparalleled in brilliancy and success. Before long he became lieutenant colonel and was sent to the Niagara frontier. For his gallant services there he was promoted to the rank of major general, the highest then known in the American Army. His exploits in Mexico, in our war with that country, are too familiar to need repetition. His conduct of that war elicited from the veteran Wellington the declaration that that campaign was unsurpassed in military annals. Although born in the South, General Scott gave his services to the North in the Civil War, and was commander in chief of the army during the summer of 1861. After his resignation he spent his winters in New York and his summers at West Point. He died May 29th, 1866." (from Frank Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War..., edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895) "General Scott was born near Petersburg, Va., in 1786; was educated for a lawyer and admitted to the bar at the age of twenty. When the War of 1812 broke out he was appointed captain of artillery, thus beginning a military career unparalleled in brilliancy and success. Before long he became lieutenant colonel and was sent to the Niagara frontier. For his gallant services there he was promoted to the rank of major general, the highest then known in the American Army. His exploits in Mexico, in our war with that country, are too familiar to need repetition. His conduct of that war elicited from the veteran Wellington the declaration that that campaign was unsurpassed in military annals. Although born in the South, General Scott gave his services to the North in the Civil War, and was commander in chief of the army during the summer of 1861. After his resignation he spent his winters in New York and his summers at West Point. He died May 29th, 1866."
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