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Scott, Winfield, birth and parentage, 1; runs away from Sunday
school, 2; defends his teacher; at William and Mary College, 4;
enters on the practice of law; present at the trial of Aaron Burr,
5; attacks British camp at Lynn Haven Bay; goes to South Carolina to
practice law; returns to Petersburg, Va., to practice law; joins
Petersburg cavalry company, 6; receives commission as Captain in the
U.S. army; recruits his company and embarks for New Orleans, 7;
arrested and tried by court-martial for words spoken of General
Wilkinson, 8; tenders his resignation, 8; finding of the court, 9;
letter to Lewis Edwards, 10; rejoins the army at Baton Rouge, La.;
embarks for Washington; vessel gets aground, 11; appointed Colonel;
visits the Secretary of War with General Hampton; an unpleasant
incident, 12; war with Great Britain; ordered to the Niagara
frontier, 13; volunteers to cross the Niagara; marches to Lewiston,
16; the attack on Fort George, 17; a flag of truce, 18; a prisoner,
and attacked by Indians; embarks for Boston, 19; addresses Irish
prisoners; letter to Secretary of War, 20; selects hostages in
retaliation for Irish prisoners, 21; returns to Washington, 22;
ordered to Philadelphia; appointed Adjutant General; promoted
Colonel of his regiment; joins General Dearborn, and appointed chief
of staff, 23; assault on Fort George; Scott leads the advance, 24;
struck by a piece of timber and collar bone broken, 25; anecdote of
a British officer, 26; resigns the office of Adjutant General, 27;
joins General Wilkinson, 28; marches for Sackett's Harbor; appointed
to command of a battalion; preparing new levies of troops, 29;
appointed Brigadier General; ordered to join General Jacob Brown;
establishes camp of instruction at Sackett's Harbor; assigned to a
new command; moves toward Chippewa, 30; wins the battle of Chippewa;
report of General Brown, 32; moves to mouth of the Niagara, 33;
battle of Lundy's Lane, 34, 35; General Scott disabled, 37-39; in
command for defense of Philadelphia and Baltimore, 39; reception at
Princeton; declined to act as Secretary of War; ordered to Europe,
40; receives attention in Europe; return home; headquarters in New
York; married to Miss Mayo, of Richmond; names of his children, 41;
Congress passes resolutions complimenting him; present at the death
of President Monroe; thanked by Legislatures of Virginia and New
York; honorary member of the Society of the Cincinnati; order of
General Jackson, 42; letter of General Jackson to General Scott; his
reply, 43; letter to General Jackson, 44; General Jackson's reply;
Scott calls on General Jackson, 45; tribute to General Jackson; his
work on general regulations for the army, 46; president of board of
army and militia officers; publication of his work on infantry
tactics; the temperance reform; his views on, 47; controversy with
General Gaines; tenders his resignation; not accepted, 48; letter to
Secretary of War; the Secretary's reply, 49; assigned to command of
Eastern Department; treaty with Sac Indians, 50; ordered to
Illinois; Asiatic cholera, 53; letter to Governor Reynolds, 54;
newspaper extracts in regard to General Scott's action in the
cholera epidemic, 55-57; commissioner to treat with Indians; result
of the treaty, 58; arrives in New York, and ordered to Washington;
the tariff act of 1828 and excitement in South Carolina, 60; ordered
to South Carolina, 66; letter of instruction from Secretary of War;
arrival in Charleston, 66, 67; detained by accident, 68; success of
his mission, 71; ordered to immediate command in Florida, 98;
disposition of troops, 110-112; movement of troops, 114; the army
arrives at Tampa Bay, 117; arrival at Fort Brooke, 118; embarks on
St. John's River, 120; complaint against General Jesup; court of
inquiry on Florida campaign, 122; finding of the court; letter to
Secretary of War, 123; defense in Congress, 124; tendered dinner in
New York; declines, 127; ordered to remove the Creek Indians, 129;
addresses to troops and Indians, 130, 132, 133; the Indians move
West, 135; ordered to look after Canada insurgents, 139; ordered to
Maine, 140; meets Governor Everett; proceeds to Portland, 141;
settlement of the troubles, 143, 144; uprising in Upper Canada;
affair of the Caroline, 144, 145; ordered to the scene of the
troubles; meets Governor Marcy, 146; letter to commanding officer of
British vessels, 147; the affair settled, 147, 148; his name
presented to Whig Convention as candidate for the presidency, 152;
effort in Congress to reduce his pay; letter to T.P. Atkinson on
slavery, 153; letter to peace convention, 154; the War with Mexico;
the "hasty plate of soup," 157; his opinion of General Taylor;
ordered to Mexico; goes _via_ New Orleans, 158; arrives at Brazos
Santiago, 159; fails to meet General Taylor, 161; landing of the
troops at Vera Cruz, 162; investment and surrender of Vera Cruz,
164-170; advances on Jalapa, 173; Cerro Gordo, 178, 179, 187;
occupation of Puebla, 193; movement toward the City of Mexico;
criticism by the Duke of Wellington, 195, 196; address to Mexican
people, 198; movement on and capture of Padierna, 204-207;
Churubusco, 211; arrival of Nicholas P. Trist, U.S. Commissioner,
213; cessation of hostilities by armistice, 214; the armistice
ended, 218; Molino del Rey, 219-222; attack on and capture of
Chapultepec, 226, 227; occupation of the capital; orders for
government of the city, 229; additional orders, 231-234; orders for
obtaining revenue in Mexico, 240-242; letter to Secretary of War,
243; his civil administration of Mexico, 246, 247; reports his total
force, January 6, 1848; ordered before a court of inquiry; relieved
from command of the army, 248; money levied on City of Mexico, 255;
turns over command of the army, 264; General Orders No. 349, 270;
letter to General Worth, 272; relieved from duty, 277, 278; reads a
paper before the court of inquiry, 281, 282; submits paper to court
of inquiry, 284; embarks at Vera Cruz for home, 288; receives thanks
of Congress, 289; discontent in Canada, 293; candidate for the
presidency (1852), 293; on commission to settle boundary line with
Great Britain, 295; letter to President Buchanan, 296, 297; letter
to Secretary of War, 297, 298; letter to Secretary of War, December
28, 1861, 298; letter to Secretary Seward, March 3, 1861, 299;
firing of guns at Mobile on announcement that he had resigned, 304;
order of April 26, 1861, at Washington, D.C., 306; issues General
Orders No. 17, 308; complains of General McClellan, 309; request to
be placed on retired list, 311, 312; addresses the President and
Cabinet on his retirement, 313; sails for Europe, November 9, 1861,
318; army asylum fund, 323; statue of, at Soldiers' Home, 327; his
death and last words, 329; his acquaintance with English authors,
331; advice to young army officer, 330, 331; anecdote of battle of
Chippewa, 332; vain of his accomplishments; regular attendant at the
Episcopal Church, 332; goes to West Point, 328; his loyalty, his
strict ideas of discipline; anecdote, 333.

Sears, Henry B., Lieutenant, 215.

Secretary of War to General Gaines, 100.

Seminole council, 85.

Seward, Secretary, anecdote of General Scott, 330.

Shannon, Samuel, Captain, 102.

Shaw, H.B., Major, 135.

Sheaffe, General Sir Roger Hale, 17-19.

Shelton, Joseph, General, 116.

Sheridan, Philip H., General, 326.

Sherman, William T., General, 326.

Shields, James, General, 176, 207, 209, 280.

Shubrick, William B., Commodore, 238.

Sibley, Henry H., Captain, 212.

Simms, John D., Lieutenant, 253.

Slidell, John, 321.

Small, William F., Captain, 236.

Smith, Charles F., Captain, 221.

Smith, Colonel, Louisiana volunteers, 101, 118.

Smith, Constantine, Lieutenant, 89.

Smith, E. Kirby, Captain, 221.

Smith, Gustavus W., Lieutenant, 207.

Smith, Persifor F., Colonel, 101, 112, 206, 208, 209, 211, 214, 227.

Smyth, Alexander, General, 14.

Soldiers' Home at Washington, 323, 324, 326.

Soto, Don Juan, Vera Cruz, 215.

Steptoe, Edward J., Captain, 223.

Stone, Charles P., General, 301, 318.

Strahan, Captain, 17.

Sumner, Edwin V., Major, 175, 211, 220, 221, 224.

Sutherland, David J., Lieutenant, 253.

Swift, Joseph G., Colonel, 28.

Tampico letter, the, 267, 268.

Tariff of 1828 and trouble In South Carolina, 60.

Taylor, Francis, Captain, 135, 223.

Taylor, Governor, Carolina, 61.

Taylor, Zachary, General, 154, 289.

Tazewell, Littleton W., 5.

Temperance reform, 47.

Terrett, George H., Captain, 253.

Texas, causes which led to annexation, 149, 154.

Thistle, Captain, Louisiana volunteers, 101.

Thomas, James H., Colonel, 173.

Thompson, General, Indian agent, 79.

Thompson, Launt, 327.

Thurston, Charles Myron, Captain, 110.

Timrod, Captain, 94.

Totten, Joseph G., Colonel, 17, 18, 28, 164.

Towson, Captain, ordered to report to St. Elliott, 13, 16, 33, 37.

Towson, Nathan, General, 281.

Trent, affair of the, 321.

Tripp, T.S., Captain, 115.

Trist, Nicholas P., commissioner, 213, 216, 257, 281.

Trousdale, William, Colonel, 226.

Truxton, Commodore, 5.

Tweedale, Marquis of, crosses the Chippewa, 30.

Twiggs, David E., General, 101, 173, 176, 193, 200, 220.

Twiggs, Levi, Major, 253.

Tyler, John, President, 152.

Upshur, Abel P., Secretary of State, 151.

Valencia, Mexican General, 204, 211, 248.

Van Buren, Martin, President, 145.

Van Rensselaer, Colonel, 144.

Van Rensselaer, Solomon, General, 14, 17.

Van Rensselaer, Stephen, General, 14, 16, 18.

Van Vliet, Stewart, General, 328.

Vera Cruz, 161, 162, 167, 171.

Villamil, Mora y., General, 214, 216, 257.

Vincent, General, 27.

Vinton, John R., Colonel, 166.

Volunteer American officers paroled, 19.

Wadsworth, Decius, General, 15.

Walker, Robert J., 159.

Washington, George, General, 5.

Watson, Samuel E., Lieutenant-Colonel, 253.

"Wayward Sisters" letter, 299, 300.

Webb, Captain, U.S.N., 97.

Webster, Daniel, 293.

Weed, Thurlow, 318.

Wellington, Duke of, 195.

Welsh, Henry, Lieutenant, 253.

Wheelock, Eleazer, General, 30.

Wilkes, Charles, Commodore, 321.

Wilkinson, James, General, 7, 8, 28.

William and Mary College, 4.

Williams, Captain, Louisiana volunteers, 101.

Williams, T., A.-D.-C., 250.

Wilson, Henry, Colonel, 173.

Wilson, James Grant, General, 327, 328, 335.

Winder, William Henry, General, 24, 27.

Winfield, Elizabeth, 3.

Winfield, John, 3.

Wirt, William, 5.

Withers, Jones M., 248.

Wood, Major, 37.

Wool, John E., Captain, 15-17.

Worth, W.J., General, 136, 170, 174, 193, 265-267, 270, 271, 273,
274-276, 285.

Wright, George, Major, 220.

Wynkoop, Francis M., Colonel, 166, 248.

Young, William L., Lieutenant, 253.

Zacatepetl, Barreiro, Colonel, 205.

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