Download or read book Old Fuss and Feathers written by Arthur Douglas Howden Smith and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Only American Commander Who Never Lost A Battle, The One Victorious General To Lose A Presidential Election, Patron Of Lee, Protector Of Lincoln, Most Inept Of Politicians, Strategist, Statesman, Humanitarian.
Download or read book Old Fuss and Feathers The Life and Exploits of Lt General Winfield Scott Etc With Plates Including Portraits written by Arthur Douglas Howden SMITH and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old Fuss and Feathers written by Arthur Douglas Howden Smith and published by Ayer Company Pub. This book was released on 1977-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memoirs of Lieut General Winfield Scott written by Winfield Scott and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2015-06 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable military career of General Winfield Scott spanned fifty-three years, fourteen presidents, and six wars, both foreign and domestic. However, his lengthy service did not secure his rightful place among the nation’s pantheon of great military leaders. Instead, he is most often remembered as the aged, overweight, and sickly commanding general who was replaced by George McClellan at the beginning of the Civil War. Originally published in 1864, only two years before his death, Scott’s memoirs touch on many of the significant events of the early and mid-nineteenth century. This new edition of those remembrances, expertly edited by Timothy D. Johnson, showcases Scott’s rare strategic insights, battlefield prowess, and diplomatic shrewdness, restoring him to his proper place as arguably the most important American general to ever serve his country. Scott joined the army in 1808, earned the rank of brigadier general in 1814, and was promoted to commanding general in 1841. During the Mexican-American War, he commanded one of the most brilliant military campaigns in American history and mentored the generation of officers who fought the Civil War, including Generals Grant, Lee, Longstreet, Beauregard, Jackson, and Meade. As a young general, he wrote the first comprehensive set of regulations to govern the army and pushed for the professionalization of the U.S. officer corps. Yet, he was ridiculed at the beginning of the war for his prescient prediction that the Civil War would be a prolonged conflict requiring extensive planning and superior strategic thinking. With this edition, Johnson has merged Scott’s large two-volume memoir into a single, manageable volume without losing any of the original 1864 text. Extensive new annotations update Scott’s outdated notes and provide valuable illumination and context. Covering a wide range of events—from the famous 1804 duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton through the end of the Civil War—Scott’s extraordinary account reveals the general as a sometimes egocentric but always astute witness to the early American republic.
Download or read book Old Fuss and Feathers written by Arthur Douglas Howden Smith and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life of Winfield Scott Hancock Major general U S A written by Frederick Elizur Goodrich and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Memoriam Major General Winfield Scott Hancock United States Army written by Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery-in-Chief and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old Fuss and Feathers the Life and Exploits of Lt General Winfield Scott the Omly American Commander who Never Lost a Battle the One Victorious General to Lose Presidential Election Patron of Lee Protector of Lincoln Most Inept of Politicians Strategist Statesman Humanitarian written by Arthur Douglas Howden Smith and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Life and Military Career of Winfield Scott Hancock written by John Wien Forney and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a biography of Union Major General Winfield Scott Hancock. Hancock was in command of the Union Army of the Potomac after General Reynolds' death and before General Meade's arrival. He also commanded the Union forces engaged in Pickett's Charge on the final day of the battle.
Download or read book Winfield Scott written by Timothy D. Johnson and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most important public figures in antebellum America, Winfield Scott is known today more for his swagger than his sword. "Old Fuss-and-Feathers" was a brilliant military commander whose tactics and strategy were innovative adaptations from European military theory; yet he was often underappreciated by his contemporaries and until recently overlooked by historians. While John Eisenhower's recent Agent of Destiny provides a solid summary of Scott's remarkable life, Timothy D. Johnson's much deeper critical exploration of this flawed genius should become the standard work. Thoroughly grounded in an essential understanding of nineteenth-century military professionalism, it draws extensively on unpublished sources in order to reveal neglected aspects of Scott's life, present a more complete view of his career, and accurately balance criticism and praise. Johnson dramatically relates the key features of Scott's career: how he led troops to victory in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, fought against the Seminoles and Creeks, and was instrumental in professionalizing the U.S. Army, which he commanded for two decades. He also tells how Scott tried to introduce French methods into army tactical manuals, and how he applied his study of the Napoleonic Wars during the Mexico City Campaign but found European strategy of little use against Indians. Johnson further suggests that Scott's creation of an officer corps that boasted Grant, Lee, McClellan and other veterans of the Mexican War raises important questions about his influence on Civil War generalship. More than a military history, this book tells how Scott's aristocratic pretensions placed him at odds with emerging notions of equality in Jacksonian America and made him an unappealing politician in his bid for the presidency. Johnson not only recounts the facets of Scott's personality that alienated nearly everyone who knew him but also reveals the unsavory methods he used to promote his career and the scandalous ways he attempted to relieve his lifelong financial troubles. Although his legendary vanity has tarnished his place among American military leaders, Scott is shown to have possessed great talent and courage. Johnson's biography offers the most balanced portrait available of Scott by never losing sight of the whole man.
Download or read book The Life and Public Services of Winfield Scott Hancock Major General U S A written by Frederick Elizur Goodrich and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life and Military Career of Winfield Scott Hancock written by John Wien Forney and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Agent of Destiny written by John S. D. Eisenhower and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hero of the War of 1812, the conqueror of Mexico City in the Mexican-American War, and Abraham Lincoln’s top soldier during the first six months of the Civil War, General Winfield Scott was a seminal force in the early expansion and consolidation of the American republic. John S. D. Eisenhower explores how Scott, who served under fourteen presidents, played a leading role in the development of the United States Army from a tiny, loosely organized, politics-dominated establishment to a disciplined professional force capable of effective and sustained campaigning.
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Download or read book Correspondence Between the Secretary of War and General Scott written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
