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See also:SCOTT, See also:WINFIELD (1786-1866) , See also:American See also:general, was See also:born near See also:Petersburg, See also:Virginia, on the 13th of See also:June 1786. In 1805 he entered the See also:College of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William and See also:Mary, where he studied See also:law, and he continued his studies in the law See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of See also:David See also:Robertson in Petersburg. In 1807 he removed to See also:Charles-ton, See also:South Carolina, but as See also:war with See also:England seemed imminent he soon See also:left for See also:Washington and offered his services. In 1808 he was commissioned as a See also:captain of See also:artillery, recruited a See also:company in See also:Richmond and Petersburg, and was ordered to New See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans. His See also:criticism of his See also:superior officer, General See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Wilkinson, led to his being suspended for a See also:year, but the
See also:term was eventually reduced to three months. In See also:July 1812, as a See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel of artillery, he was sent to the See also:Niagara frontier and fought at Queenston, where he was taken prisoner. He was exchanged in See also:January 1813, became colonel in the following See also:March, in March 1814 was promoted to the See also:rank of brigadier-general, and in July received the See also:brevet of See also:major-general. In the battles of Chippewa (5th July 1814) and See also:Lundy's See also:Lane (25th July) he took a conspicuous See also:part, being twice wounded in the latter engagement. For his services he was presented with a See also:gold See also:medal by See also:Congress and with a See also:sword by the See also:state of Virginia. Among the difficult tasks that he was called upon to perform between 1815 and 1861, for the last twenty years of which See also:period he was the commanding general of the U.S. See also:army, were: an expedition to the See also:Middle See also:West in 1832, where, after the end of the See also:Black See also:Hawk War, he negotiated See also:treaties of See also:peace with the Sauk, See also:Fox, See also:Winnebago, See also:Sioux, and See also:Menominee See also:Indians; a See also:journey to See also:Charleston in the same year to See also:watch the progress of the See also:nullification See also:movement, and to strengthen the garrisons of the forts in the See also:harbour; an expedition in 1836 against the See also:Seminole Indians in See also:Florida; the supervision of the removal in 1838 of the See also:Cherokee Indians from See also:Georgia, See also:North Carolina, See also:Alabama and See also:Tennessee to the See also:reservation set apart for them by treaty W. of the See also:Mississippi See also:river; a visit to the Niagara river in the autumn and See also:winter of 1838 to put an end to the acts by See also:Canadian insurgents in violation of American See also:neutrality; a similar See also:mission to See also:Maine in 1839 to restore tranquillity between the citizens of Maine and New See also:Brunswick, who were disputing the See also:possession of a See also:tract of See also:land along the Aroostook river; and a journey to the north-west in 1859 to adjust a dispute between American and See also:British See also:officers concerning the See also:joint occupation of See also:San Juan See also:Island in See also:Puget See also:Sound. His greatest achievement was the brilliant Mexican See also:campaign of 1847. As the See also:senior officer of the army, he was placed in command of the invading expedition, and after capturing See also:Vera Cruz (March 29th, 1847), and winning victories at Cerro Gordo (See also:April 18th), Contreras-Churubusco (See also:August 19th-25th), Molino del Rey (See also:September 8th), and Chapultepec (September 13th), he crowned his campaign by the See also:capture, on the 14th of September, of the Mexican See also:capital. In March 1848 he received a See also:vote of thanks from Congress, which ordered a gold medal to be struck in See also:commemoration of his services. Scott appeared to have an excellent opportunity for a See also:political career; his nomination for the See also:presidency by the Whigs had been suggested in 1839 and in 1848, and in 1852 he received it; but his candidacy was doomed to failure. The Whigs, divided on the See also:slavery question, gave only See also:half-hearted support to their See also:compromise See also:platform; and Scott made several extemporaneous addresses which did him harm. He received the electoral votes of only four states—See also:Kentucky, Virginia, See also:Massachusetts and See also:Vermont. This defeat, however, detracted nothing from the esteem in which he was held, and in 1852 the brevet rank of lieutenant-general was created specially for him. Among the other honours conferred upon him were the degree of See also:Master of Arts by See also:Princeton in 1814, and the degree of See also:Doctor of See also:Laws by See also:Columbia in 185o and by Harvard in 1861. At the outbreak of the See also:Civil War, though a Virginian, he remained at the See also:head of the See also:United States armies and directed operations from Washington until See also:November 1861. He then visited See also:Europe for a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, and after returning wrote his See also:Memoirs, published in 1864. He died at West Point, New See also:York, on the 29th of May 1866.
See Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Scott, LL.D. (2 vols., New York, 1864) ; See also:Raphael Semmes, The Campaign of General Scott in the Valley of See also:Mexico (See also:Cincinnati, 3rd ed., 1852) ; See also:Edward D. See also:Mansfield, See also:Life and Military Services of General Scott (New York, 1862) ; and See also:Marcus J. See also:Wright,General Scott (New York, 1894), in the " See also:Great Commanders " See also:series.
End of Article: SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)
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