Winfield Scott

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United States Army general general human military officer politician presidential candidate

Winfield Scott was a prominent U.S. Army general and presidential candidate who served in multiple American conflicts, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War, and helped shape early U.S. military strategy.

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Winfield Scott canonical 62
General-in-Chief Winfield Scott 2
General Winfield Scott 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army general ⓘ
general ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
presidential candidate ⓘ
awardReceived Congressional Gold Medal ⓘ
burialPlace West Point Cemetery ⓘ
candidateInElection 1852 United States presidential election ⓘ
commanded U.S. forces in the Mexico City campaign ⓘ
U.S. forces in the Veracruz campaign ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
Mexican–American War ⓘ
War of 1812 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1786-06-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1866-05-29 ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Scott ⓘ
givenName Winfield ⓘ
hasPart memoirs of his military service ⓘ
knownFor developing early Union strategy in the American Civil War ⓘ
service in the Mexican–American War ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank Brevet Lieutenant General ⓘ
Major General ⓘ
nickname Old Fuss and Feathers ⓘ
nominatedBy Whig Party ⓘ
notableIdea Anaconda Plan ⓘ
notableWork Anaconda Plan ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participantIn American Civil War ⓘ
Aroostook War ⓘ
Black Hawk War ⓘ
Mexican–American War ⓘ
Nullification Crisis ⓘ
Second Seminole War ⓘ
Trail of Tears ⓘ
War of 1812 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dinwiddie County, Virginia ⓘ
placeOfDeath West Point, New York ⓘ
positionHeld Commanding General of the United States Army ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
residence New York City ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Black Hawk War → hasParticipant → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Black Hawk War → commandedBy → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Mexican–American War → U.S.Commander → Winfield Scott ⓘ
George McClellan → predecessor (general-in-chief) → Winfield Scott ⓘ
subject surface form: George B. McClellan
Whig Party → hadProminentLeader → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Whig Party → nominatedForPresident → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Scottsdale, Arizona → namedAfter → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Battle of Bad Axe → associatedPeople → Winfield Scott ⓘ
West Point Cemetery → notableBurial → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Union → notableCommander → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Winfield Scott Hancock → namedAfter → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Second Seminole War → commander → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Scott County, Iowa → namedAfter → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Commanding General of the United States Army → notableOfficeHolder → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Battle of Queenston Heights → commander → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Winfield, Illinois → namedAfter → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Battle of Lundy’s Lane → commander → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Battle of Cerro Gordo → commander → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Siege of Veracruz → commander → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Siege of Veracruz → commandStructure → Winfield Scott ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. forces under Major General Winfield Scott
Battle of Chapultepec → commander → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Union Army → notableCommander → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Anaconda Plan → proposedBy → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Anaconda Plan → proposedBy → Winfield Scott ⓘ
this entity surface form: General-in-Chief Winfield Scott
1852 United States presidential election → mainOpponent → Winfield Scott ⓘ
1852 United States presidential election → presidentialCandidate → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Old Fuss and Feathers → refersTo → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Old Fuss and Feathers → appliedTo → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Old Fuss and Feathers → usedFor → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Old Fuss and Feathers → describes → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Old Fuss and Feathers → hasNotableBearer → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Old Fuss and Feathers → bearerFullName → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Winfield → notableBearer → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Winfield → givenNameOf → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Dinwiddie County, Virginia → birthplaceOf → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Scott Circle → namedAfter → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Scott Circle → hasMonumentSubject → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Irvin McDowell → servedUnder → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Scott County, Tennessee → namedAfter → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Scott County, Minnesota → namedAfter → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Seminole Wars → notableCommanderUS → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Agent of Destiny: The Life and Times of General Winfield Scott → mainSubject → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Agent of Destiny: The Life and Times of General Winfield Scott → portrays → Winfield Scott ⓘ
this entity surface form: Winfield Scott as a key architect of U.S. military strategy
Agent of Destiny: The Life and Times of General Winfield Scott → hasBiographicalSubject → Winfield Scott ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Winfield Scott
Winfield, Kansas, United States → namedAfter → Winfield Scott ⓘ
subject surface form: Winfield, Kansas
Mount Scott → namedAfter → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Scott County, Kansas → namedFor → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Alexander Macomb → succeededBy → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Thanks of Congress → notableRecipient → Winfield Scott ⓘ
Cerro Gordo, Veracruz → associatedWith → Winfield Scott ⓘ