Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-06-27
LIEUT., GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT.

We make the following extracts from
a very interesting biographical sketch o
the illustrious hero and patriot, now ne
more, in recent New York World:
Was it HazIitt who said, when he
touched the hand Of the poet Rogers
" | live in the presence Of all the literary
men Of century To shake hands
with the great chief who is gone, at any
rate, was to be in the bodily presence OF
all American history. His was a life
reaching back three generations. Fol
eighty years, less only fifteen days, he
has lived in this republic, and for fifty
six years has been, not a presence only
but a colossal energy, which his grand
stature ftly symbolized. He came from
tie Old Dominion, the mother of great
children and it must have been a sad
thought in his latest days that she was
debarred the dignity of representation in
the Capitol he had twice defended.
There, in Petersburgh, he was born
June I3, 1856.
In Petersburgh This storm-riddled
town, this little battered hull in a sea Of
-heaped intrenchments, where the
guns of a great army have rained THEN
deadliest, making the mornings perilous
and the nights trailed with fiery bombs
even here, where the last and longest
struggle for empire was maintained, Win.
field Scott, our master-soldier, was born
There is something superbly appro-
pirate in this commemoration Of a great
captains birthplace History has few
similar adaptions of men to places.
The parents of General Scott were Of
Scotch descent remotely, and, dying in
his boyhood, yet gave him sufficient to
insure him fair education in the battle
SCARED town of Williamsburgh, at Will
liam and Mary College.
Returning to Petersburgh, he became a
law student with Mr.. A. Robinson, and,
after admission to the bar, practiced
some years with the average success of a
provincial lawyer. This period was fer
tile of annoyances from the old world,
and in 1903 young lawyer Scott, ardent
with martial inspirations, raised battery
of flying artillery in Petersburgh and
proceeded to the since ominous City of
Charleston, taking post in the now storied
harbors.
At the age of tweRty-six, in the sum
mer of 1912, citizen Scott was reappoint-
ed a Lieutenant Colonel, and ordered to
report at once for duty on the Canada
frontier. When he arrived at Lewiston,
he found our troops already across the
river, and crossing at once became the
central figure in the fray. His light
brown locks and commanding stature
made him at once conspicuous the fate
of the day was doubtful he reformed
the troops, led the charge himself, and
made the dispositions of the battle, and
the day was soon decided for the repub-
lican arms. At the moment of victory,
the national contingent on the American
side, composed of militia, and having
prudent notions about exposing them
selves, refused to cross. The British
mustered reinforcements and the little
army of Scott was almost all made pris-
Oners of war.
With the full rank of Colonel, he be-
came the Seth Williams of the war, Off
ciating as adjutant to General Dearborn,
and in the spring of 1913 took command
of the advance in the hazardous assault
upon Fort George. In the face of a
scathing musketry fire, he landed in surf
boats, and. personally forming his troops
upon the beach, charged up the steep,
and engaged fifteen hundred Baitish and