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on the whites and by the latter on
the Indians--Volunteers--Military departments of Gaines and Scott 72
CHAPTER VI.
Review of the army by General Gaines--Arrival of General Gaines at
Fort King--Lieutenant Izard mortally wounded--Correspondence
between General Gaines and Clinch--General Scott ordered to

command in Florida--Disadvantages under which he
labored--Preparations for movements--Commencement of hostilities
against the Indians 103
CHAPTER VII.
Scott prefers complaint against General Jesup--Court of inquiry ordered
by the President--Scott fully exonerated by the court--Complaints of
citizens--Difficulties of the campaign--Speech in Congress of Hon.
Richard Biddle--Scott declines an invitation to a dinner in New York
city--Resolutions of the subscribers--Scott is ordered to take charge of
and remove the Cherokee Indians--Orders issued to troops and address
to the Indians--Origin of the Cherokee Indian troubles--Collision
threatened between Maine and New Brunswick, and Scott sent
there--Correspondence with Lieutenant-Governor Harvey--Seizure of
Navy Island by Van Rensselaer--Governor Marcy 122
CHAPTER VIII.
Annexation of Texas--Causes that led to annexation--Message of the
President--General Scott's letters regarding William Henry
Harrison--Efforts to reduce General Scott's pay--Letter to T.P. Atkinson
on the slavery question--Battle of Palo Alto, and of Resaca de la Palma,
Monterey, and Buena Vista--"The hasty plate of Soup"--Scott's opinion
of General Taylor--Scott ordered to Mexico--Proposal to revive the
grade of lieutenant general, and to appoint Thomas H. Benton--Scott
reaches the Brazos Santiago--Confidential dispatch from Scott to
Taylor--Co-operation of the navy--Letters to the Secretary of War as to
places of rendezvous--Arrival and landing at Vera Cruz, and its
investment, siege, and capture--Letter to foreign consuls--Terms of
surrender--Orders of General Scott after the surrender 149
CHAPTER IX.
General Santa Anna arrives at Cerro Gordo--Engagement at
Atalaya--General Orders No. 111--Reports from Jalapa--Report of
engagement at Cerro Gordo--Occupation of Perote--Account of a

Mexican historian--General Santa Anna's letter to General
Arroya--Delay of the Government in sending re-enforcements--Danger
of communications with Vera Cruz--Troops intended for Scott ordered
to General Taylor--Colonel Childs appointed governor of
Jalapa--Occupation of Puebla--Arrival of re-enforcements--Number of
Scott's force 175
CHAPTER X.
Movement toward the City of Mexico--The Duke of Wellington's
comments--Movements of Santa Anna--A commission meets General
Worth to treat for terms--Worth enters Puebla--Civil administration of
the city not interfered with--Scott arrives at Puebla--Scott's address to
the Mexicans after the battle of Cerro
Gordo--Contreras--Reconnoissance of the _pedregal_--Defeat of the
Mexicans at Contreras--Battle of Churubusco--Arrival of Nicholas P.
Trist, commissioner--General Scott meets a deputation proposing an
armistice--He addresses a communication to the head of the Mexican
Government--Appointment of a commission to meet Mr. Trist--Major
Lally--Meeting of Mr. Trist with the Mexican commissioners--Failure
to agree--Armistice violated by the Mexicans and notice from General
Scott--Santa Anna's insolent note--The latter calls a meeting of his
principal officers--Molino del Rey--Chapultepec--Losses on both sides
195
CHAPTER XI.
General Quitman's movements to San Antonio and
Coyoacan--Movements of General Pillow--General reconnoissance by
Scott--Chapultepec--Scott announces his line of attack--Surrender of
the Mexican General Bravo--Preparations to move on the capital--Entry
of General Scott into the City of Mexico--General Quitman made
Military Governor--General Scott's orders--Movements of Santa
Anna--General Lane--American and Mexican deserters--Orders as to
collection of duties and civil government 223
CHAPTER XII.

Scott's care for the welfare of his army--Account of the money levied
on Mexico--Last note to the Secretary of War while commander in
chief in Mexico--Army asylums--Treaty of peace--Scott turns over the
army to General William O. Butler--Scott and Worth--Court of inquiry
on Worth--The "Leonidas" and "Tampico" letters--Revised paragraph
650--Army regulations--General Worth demands a court of inquiry and
prefers charges against Scott--Correspondence--General belief as to
Scott's removal command--The trial--Return home of General Scott
254
CHAPTER XIII.
General Taylor nominated for the presidency--Thanks of Congress to
Scott, and a gold medal voted--Movement to revive and confer upon
Scott the brevet rank of lieutenant general--Scott's views as to the
annexation of Canada--Candidate for President in 1852 and
defeated--Scott's diplomatic mission to Canada in 1859--Mutterings of
civil war--Letters and notes to President Buchanan--Arrives in
Washington, December 12, 1861--Note to the Secretary of
War--"Wayward sisters" letter--Events preceding inauguration of Mr.
Lincoln--Preparation for the defense of Washington--Scott's
loyalty--Battle of Bull Run--Scott and McClellan--Free navigation of
the Mississippi River--Retirement of General Scott and affecting
incidents connected therewith--Message of President
Lincoln--McClellan on Scott--Mount Vernon--Scott sails for
Europe--Anecdote of the day preceding the battle of Chippewa--The
Confederate cruiser Nashville--Incident between Scott and
Grant--Soldiers' Home--Last days of Scott--His opinion of
noncombatants--General Wilson's tribute 289
INDEX 337

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Portrait of Winfield Scott Frontispiece The Niagara Frontier 12
Battle of Chippewa 32
Siege of Vera Cruz 170
Route from Vera Cruz to Mexico 198
Operations of the American Army in the Valley of Mexico 226

GENERAL SCOTT.
CHAPTER I.
Parentage and birth of Scott--Precocity--Enters William and Mary
College--Leaves college and commences the study of law with Judge
Robinson--Attends the trial of Burr at Richmond--Impressment of
American seamen and proclamation of President Jefferson--Joins the
Petersburg troop--Leaves for Charleston--Returns to
Petersburg--Appointed captain of artillery--Trial of General
Wilkinson--Scott