Winfield Scott

Winfield Scott was an American military commander and political candidate. He fought during the War of 1812, American-Indian Wars, Mexican-American Wars, Pig War and the American Civil War.
== Biography ==
He was born as the fifth child in his family in the county of Dinwiddie, Virginia. His father, William Scott, was a veteran of the American Revolutionary Wars and an officer for the county's militia. They live on a plantation near the city of Petersburg, Virginia. He was six-years old when his father died with her mother raising him and his other siblings until she also passed away with James, his older brother, receiving most of the fortunes. He was educated in schools ran by James Hargrave and James Ogilvie and he also attended College of William and Mary, but left to study law with an attorney named David Robinson. In his military career, he gained commission to the newly expanded army of the nascent America with the help of a family friend. He was assigned as a captain to light artillery, and was tasked to recruit personnel in the Petersburg and Richmond areas. He soon had issues with his scandal and controversy-ridden commanding officer, James Wilkinson, causing him to resign his commission but he pulled it back and continued to serve. We skip a few parts of his military career until further notice, to reach his involvements in the the Pig and American Civil Wars. When the tensions because of the San Juan dispute were appearing to cause a war between the United States and Great Britain, President Buchanan sent him to deal with issue. Resulting in a peaceful and human casualty-less resolution. In the Civil War, he was the commanding general of the Union Army and the mastermind for the Anaconda Plan until his eventual replacement by George B. McClellan.
== Appearances ==
* The American Civil War (debut)
* The Pig War
== Trivia ==
* He was racked with gout and was too fat and heavy to be easily mounted on a horse and hop aboard a ship.
Category:American Generals