Definitions for winfield scott
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1. Scott, Winfield Scottnoun

   United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866)

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1. winfield scott

   Winfield Scott was a United States Army general, best known for his significant role in the Mexican-American War. He served as Commanding General of the United States Army for two decades, from 1841 to 1861, making him the longest to serve in this position. Scott was also the Whig Party's presidential nominee in the 1852 presidential election, but was defeated. He is often referred to as "Old Fuss and Feathers" due to his attention to detail and discipline, and was an important military figure in the early 19th century.

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1. Winfield Scott

   Winfield Scott was a United States Army general, and unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Whig Party in 1852. Known as "Old Fuss and Feathers" and the "Grand Old Man of the Army," he served on active duty as a general longer than any other man in American history, and many historians rate him the best American commander of his time. Over the course of his forty-seven-year career, he commanded forces in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Black Hawk War, the Second Seminole War, and, briefly, the American Civil War, conceiving the Union strategy known as the Anaconda Plan that would be used to defeat the Confederacy. He served as Commanding General of the United States Army for twenty years, longer than any other holder of the office. A national hero after the Mexican-American War, he served as military governor of Mexico City. Such was his stature that, in 1852, the United States Whig Party passed over its own incumbent President of the United States, Millard Fillmore, to nominate Scott in that year's United States presidential election. At a height of 6'5", he remains the tallest man ever nominated by a major party. Scott lost to Democrat Franklin Pierce in the general election, but remained a popular national figure, receiving a brevet promotion in 1856 to the rank of lieutenant general, becoming the first American since George Washington to hold that rank.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of winfield scott in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of winfield scott in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of winfield scott in a Sentence

1. Curt Viebranz:

   There was some nervousness about what might happen to the house, but through an order of Gen. Winfield Scott, who was a Union general, it was really set up as neutral ground. So, effectively, any soldiers that visited Mount Vernon, Confederate or Union soldiers, came out of uniform, with absolutely no flags or anything like that, because it was thought to be totally nonpartisan.

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