General Scott
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General Scott is the honorific title commonly used for Winfield Scott, a prominent 19th-century United States Army general and national military leader.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Winfield Scott | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States Army general
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human ⓘ |
| awarded | Congressional Gold Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1786-06-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Dinwiddie County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| candidateInElection | United States presidential election, 1852 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanded |
U.S. forces in the Mexico City campaign
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U.S. forces in the Veracruz campaign ⓘ |
| conflictRole | Union Army strategist in early American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1866-05-29 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | West Point, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | College of William & Mary (attended, did not graduate) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Winfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | General Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of early Union strategy in the Civil War
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leadership in the Mexican–American War ⓘ long service as Commanding General of the U.S. Army ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
Brevet Lieutenant General
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Major General ⓘ |
| nickname | Old Fuss and Feathers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | President of the United States ⓘ |
| notableWork | Anaconda Plan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American Civil War
NERFINISHED
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Black Hawk War NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexican–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Seminole War NERFINISHED ⓘ War of 1812 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | West Point Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalParty | Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Commanding General of the United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| profession |
lawyer
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soldier ⓘ |
| proposedStrategy | Union blockade of the Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represented | Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 1861 ⓘ |
| serviceStart | 1808 ⓘ |
| termEnd | 1861 ⓘ |
| termStart | 1841 ⓘ |
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Winfield Scott