LT. GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 03/26/1857 - HFSID 155999
Price: $1,200.00
WINFIELD SCOTT
One of the finest military leaders the U.S. has produced pens a letter in
regards to a mortgage and his thanks to a family
Autograph Letter
Signed: "Winfield Scott", 2p, 4½x7. No place, 1857 March 26. To S.
Hamilton, Esq. In full: "I send you the power &c. Many thanks for
calling my attention &c. Kind regard to my young friend Mrs. Hamilton. Hope
the boys grow well. Kind regards also to your father. Tell him that the mortgage
is satisfied &c." General Scott (1786-1866) rose to
Major General in the War of 1812. During the Mexican War, he captured Vera Cruz,
defeated the Mexicans at Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco, Molino del Rey and
Chapultepec and occupied Mexico City. He was General in Chief of the U.S. Army
from 1841-1861. The last presidential nominee of the Whig Party, "old Fuss n'
Feathers" lost the election of 1852 to Democrat Franklin Pierce. Scott
deserves to be recognized as one of the finest military leaders the U.S. has
produced. His campaign from the coast to Mexico City, against a foe
more skilled and tenacious than is generally recalled today, was bold, and
brilliantly executed. The "Anaconda Plan" he proposed to President
Lincoln in 1861, calling for a blockade of southern ports coordinated with a
combined army/navy push down the Mississippi River to cut the Confederacy in
half, provided the framework for ultimate Union victory. Lightly
creased. Light show through of ink. Ink note (unknown hand) on verso of blank
integral leaf. Fine condition.
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