Winfield Scott was an American military commander and a presidential candidate. He served as Commanding General of the United States Army from 1841 to 1861, and was a veteran of the War of 1812, American Indian Wars, Mexican-American War, and the early stages of the American Civil War. Scott was the Whig Party's presidential nominee in the 1852 election but was defeated by Democrat Franklin Pierce. He was known as Old Fuss and Feathers for his insistence on proper military etiquette and the Grand Old Man of the Army for his many years of service.
HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL FORCES, March 25, 1861. Charleston, 8. C., March 25, 1861. Srr: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your two letters dated, respectively, the 20th and…
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES ARMORY, Harper’s Ferry, Va., April 18, 1861—9 p. m.. Sir: Up to the present time no assault or attempt to seize the Government property here has been…
DEPARTMENT OF ANNAPOLIS, Federal Hill, Baltimore, May 14, 1861. A detachment of the forces of the Federal Government under my command have occupied the city of Baltimore for the purpose,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, Pa., May 23, 1861. A. A. G., Headquarters of the Army, Washington City: Sie: In compliance with verbal intimation from the General-in-Chief I present for…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, Pa., May 24, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters of the Army, Washington City : Sir: I am in receipt of two telegrams of this date from…
May 29, 1861. Sir: The expedition to Newport News, of which I spoke in my last, eight miles from this place, landed without opposition. I have caused an intrenched camp…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF F’REDERICKSBURG, Fredericksburg, Va., June 2, 1861. Sir: I have the honor to state, for the information of the commanding general, that four of the enemy’s armed steamers…
Fort Monroe, Va., June 4, 1861. Lieutenant-General Scort, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I have nothing of special interest to report since my last, save the general health of the troops.…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF FREDERICKSBURG, Fredericksburg, Va., June 4, 1861. $m: I have the honor to state, for the information of the general commanding, that, since Saturday last, no attack has…
June 6, 1861. June 6, 1861. Lieutenant-General Scott: Str: I have the honor to report the arrival of Colonel Townsend with the Third New York Regiment of Volunteers, 800 strong,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Chambersburg, Pa., June 12, 1861. Sir: I yesterday notified you of the occupation of Cumberland by the Indiana regiment under Colonel Wallace, and the fact of…
General, Commanding. CINCINNATI General, Commanding. CINCINNATI, June 16, 1861. General WINFIELD Scott: I hear from General Patterson that he is checked at Harper’s Ferry. If I do not hear from…
CINCINNATI CINCINNATI, June 19, 1861. General WINFIELD Scott: If you will order Patterson to send a strong column on Cumberland and thence on Romney, we will cut off the whole…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, June 20, 1861. Santa Fé, N. Mex., June 20, 1861. To the ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. C.: SIR: I have the…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, June 20, 1861. Santa Fé, N. Mex., June 20, 1861. To the ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. C.: SIR: I have the…
HAGERSTOWN, MD. HAGERSTOWN, MD., June 21, 1861. CoLONEL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the telegram of the General-in-Chief calling for a plan of operations with a…
GRAFTON GRAFTON, June 27, 1861. General WINFIELD Scott: General McCall has ordered two Pennsylvania regiments to a position in Pennsylvania near Cumberland. Wallace had a very handsome CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—UNION. skirmish…
Grafton, Va. Grafton, Va., June 29, 1861. Lieut. Gen. WINFIELD ScoTT, Commander-in-Chief Army of the United States : Sir: I have the honor to call your attention to the present…
Washington Washington, July 16, 1861. Lieut. Gen. WINFIELD SCOTT, Commanding the Army: GENERAL: In consequence of the order removing the troops from the Oregon route, urgent applications have been made…
HAGERSTOWN HAGERSTOWN, July 25, 1861. Sir: I am possessed of reliable information that a messenger left this place for Baltimore with a dispatch from the Confederate Army to the rebels…
SMITHS HEADQUARTERS, NEAR CHAIN BRIDGE, September 11, 1861. September 11, 1861. General Smith made reconnaissanee with 2,000 men to Lewinsville; remained several hours, and completed examination of the ground. 168…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., October 31, 1861. COLONEL: I deem it my duty to submit to the General-in-Chief the condition of affairs in the Southern District…