The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-06-13
A GENERAL AT TWENTY EIGHT.


III GENERAL AT TWENTY EIGHT.
In 1914, Scott became General. and a
once entered into the rigid duties Of a tacti
can lie had been opposing troops VIII,
had fought under the iron guidance of Well
1 lngIon with militia men who neither under
D stooa the art OF war nor were sufficient,
patrlotic 10 invade the eneny's country
t without compulSion. He was an admire,
/ of the French improved tactics, and disci
Y pinned his three brigades and battalion o
4 ever before been Instructed in America =
: This signalized him as man imnressrd
, with the science Of war, ana keen to avail
: himseF OF It's latest suggestions. TIE bri
, gade thus diciplincd soon alter the first sci.
entltc battles on open plain ever attempted
; by Amerltan troops.
. CHIPPEWA AND LUNpY's,LANE.
The pain Of Chippewa Stretched along
the lnhting llver OF Niagara, with back
ground OF III trees, and was bounded by TWO
streams, the Chippewa river and Street )
creek, lnclu nng an area of about two miles.
Lhe Americans, Advancing IRON the size OF
Fort Erie, crossed Street $ creek on the
morning OF the 9th OF July, while the Brit,
ish were. crossing the Chippewa bridges;
both armles therefore entered the cleared
PLAIN, and SCOTS brigade was deployed so
as to strike oblquely both wings OF the
British army. The relative forces at this
monedt were :, 100 British to 300 Ameri-
cans. The well drilled Brigade of Scott
formed IN splendid order, and the two arr
: mles III full review were only eighty yards
apart when the blaze OF mu.ketry began. =
An lnsolated battery, commanded by Cap
tam Townsend, was seen by Scott TO have
neglected the proper point Of delivering fire.
lhe young General therefore rode straight
down the hue of terrible fire ami list cheers
OF his men, and changed the direction OF the
battery, which almost immediately blew up
u British calsson. When General Scott
saw this and the confusion il produced, he
ordered bayonet charge by the obliques,
and the whole British line Mas crushed on
elth5 flank simultaneously. This battle
made the young country ling with plaudits,
ana was followed in twenty DAYS hy the ac-
ton OF Lundy's Lane, where veteran ng.
| regiments were again 0utgenelalied. In tue
! latter battle General Scott received two
wounds, one in the shoulder .. great seyeri-
| ty, which kept him confined ill the close of
the war. In the interim he vas offered the
+ position OF Secretary Of War, which he ~.
fused, but accepted II Major Generalcy, and
Was engaged in the grateful labor at once on
conyale>cence OF reducing the army to a
peace establishment.
MAJOR GENERAL, TOURIST, sAND AUTHOR.
The first American military observer sent
10y the republic to Europe was Winfield
scott; the second, George b. Mcclellan. -
| lis duties We're, in part, diplomatic; but
his best services were the compilation Of
Infantry Tactics" and General Regula-
tons for the Amy which he prepared at-
ter personal conference with such grand
Captains as Soult and other nenowued Mar
shais OF BolaE arte. Up t5 qiits time we
mad; in point Of fact no M ;htaIy literature;
and III these, as in other noteworthy regards
General Scott was the pioneer organizer and
HteyuteuF Of the American military estab |
lshmcnt, and OF American military itera- |
ture. .'.'"E..
THE FIRST SECESSION AND THE PLAGUE.
For many years General Scott had the
advantages OF repose, study, and association |
with the most vigorous and original minds |
In the country. He grew apacc, his splen |
did physique all the while developing more
nagnlhcienly, as his practical mind enarg-
cd with the, ialness of his patriotism. HIS
became the tnndest name III the coun.ry,
suffering little tlom political calunpy hOugh |
he always took the keehest interest III pub /
llc men and measures, as his autobiography
dlsclose5 While forming combinations to
distract and divide the Indian tribes which
Black Hawk was or anlzlng in lS32, he fac
ed IN two directions the desolating cholera;
and when notification atMhSsbston threat
ened the integrity Of the Government, he
was so prompt, and yet So just that the rup-
ture Was avoided. and ciyil war averted :or
nearly thirty years. 1t might make fair
parallel to supply an answer o the question,
as to how Tar like candid yet kindly action
would have retarded the recent rebellion -
Ills measures, in this case, were conceived
iii sagaeity aud based upon cheap and hui
niane preveutation, rather than almost ruin
Gus suppression. a 500 .. ..su.s..aH ..
SCOTT pREvENTIy OF SECESSION
1t was the purpose Of General Scott, we
may interpolate, had he had discretionary
power at the beginning Ok the rebellion, to
make the entire plans Of the conspirators iu
tile by strategic precautions thus summed
up by the Richmond authority at the time:
The plan inverted by General Scott TO stop
secession was, like all campaigns devised by
him, very able in its details and nearly cer
ain of general success. The Sout hern |
States are full of arsenals AMI forts. COM
handing their rivers and stlagetic points. - =.
General Scott desired TO transfer the army
If the United States to the tortresses az
peedily and as quietly as possible. The :
Southern States could not cut off communi
,ation between the Government and the .
orts without great fleets, which they can not
)uild for years-or take them by land with
,ut one hundred thousand men, many hun :
lred millions Of dollars, several campaigns, !
md many blody seige. Had Scott been !
bic to have got these forts in the condition !
le desired them to be, the Southern Con. 7
ederacy would not now exist.
.. ABORIGINAL Stately. h
The eventfnl life of this great captain is 4
lso closely interviewer with the destiny of 0
he aboriginal poulation of America. He h
nay te almost said to have been the per- il
onal arbitrator of the affairs Of this cont a
ent, from Columbus to Andrew Johnson.
scarcely any classification or description Of
ur people are not in some way directly
lentifed with him. His name is the mill a
ary link between the histories Of the West 9,
nd Europe In 1885, aud thenceforward u
III 1888, he was delrgatedwith the dilecate o
nd responsible task of transferring the In a
ians of Florida, Georgia, and other Gulf u
jates leyond the Mississippi. The Semi u
1oe war was one of the pustles of this y
esease; but the General evidenced so polit- u
:, frank, and prudent maneurering, that ),
t length the great undertaking of transfer u
ing several races thousand miles was :,
afeIy accomplished. In the midst of these :.
perations, Scott was court-martialed, but
Q passed examination ,triumphantly and
he respect Of the people was confirmed in %
i'm. ;1aau ole ged ,gsf NJ +< y,
a DIPLOMACY WITH GREAT BRITAIN T.
In view Of the latest efforts of soldier di- n
lomats to arrange matters, as in the ca {, for n