LT. GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT - STEEL ENGRAVING UNSIGNED - HFSID 182413
Price: $240.00
WINFIELD SCOTT. Engraving unsigned. B/w, 8x11 overall, image 5½x7½
(one surface). Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers, New York, entered according to
an act of Congress, 1862. From a painting by Alonzo Chappel based on a recent
photograph. Facsimile signature below image. 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. Slightly soiled
and creased. Otherwise, fine condition. History for Sale water mark not present
in original.
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