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| - Winfield Scott's childhood is completely irrelevant to his military career, so it's the opinion of most historians to just forget about it. He was probably raised in a log cabin by poor parents or something.
- Winfield Scott (1786–1866) was a United States Army officer with a career that spanned for fifty-three years (during forty-seven of which he held a general's rank). He served during the War of 1812 (when he first achieved the rank of general), the Mexican-American War, and the American Civil War. Throughout, Scott proved to be an able leader and strategist. For 20 years, he held the position of "Commanding General of the United States Army".
- Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 - May 29, 1866) was a general of the United States Army and holds the record for longest active service at the rank of general in US military history. He was breveted Brigadier General in March 1814 and retired at the rank of Lieutenant General in November 1861. (In 1856 he became only the second American soldier to hold the latter rank; the first was George Washington.) He commanded US forces during the War of 1812, Mexican War, Black Hawk War, Second Seminole War, and American Civil War, and was Commanding General of the United States Army for twenty years, the longest service in the history of the post.
- Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was a United States Army general, and unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Whig party in 1852. Known as "Old Fuss and Feathers" and the "Grand Old Man of the Army", he served on active duty as a general longer than any other man in American history and many historians rate him the ablest American commander of his time. Over the course of his fifty-year career, he commanded forces in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Black Hawk War, the Second Seminole War, and, briefly, the American Civil War, conceiving the Union strategy known as the Anaconda Plan that would be used to defeat the Confederacy. He served as Commanding General of the United States Army for twenty years, longer than any other holder of the office. A national he
- Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was a United States Army general, and unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Whig Party in 1852. Known as "Old Fuss and Feathers" and the "Grand Old Man of the Army," he served on active duty as a general longer than any other man in American history, and many historians rate him the best American commander of his time. Over the course of his forty-seven-year career, he commanded forces in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Black Hawk War, the Second Seminole War, and, briefly, the American Civil War, conceiving the Union strategy known as the Anaconda Plan that would be used to defeat the Confederacy. He served as Commanding General of the United States Army for twenty years, longer than any other holder of the office.
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