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Winfield Scott   /wˈɪnfˌild skɑt/   Listen
Winfield Scott

noun
1.
United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866).  Synonym: Scott.





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"Winfield Scott" Quotes from Famous Books



... Winfield Scott, a Brigadier in the War of 1812 when Brigadiers were few, and Chief of Staff when the Civil War began, is a unique figure in ...
— The Armed Forces Officer - Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 • U. S. Department of Defense
... of the lake dangerous for the transports, then the troops should proceed direct for Montreal by the river. Yeo apparently returned to Kingston soon after this; but when Chauncey left port on October 16, to bring forward from the Genesee River a detachment under Colonel Winfield Scott, he still had the understanding that Kingston ...
— Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 - Volume 2 • Alfred Thayer Mahan
... is heard in Ramah! High sounds are on the gale! Notes to wake buried patriots! Notes to strike traitors pale! Wild notes of outraged feeling Cry aloud and spare him not! 'Tis Virginia's strong appealing, And she calls to Winfield Scott! ...
— War Poetry of the South • Various


Words linked to "Winfield Scott" :   full general, general


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