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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: February 16, 2015
Caption: General Winfield Scott
Additional Description: This c. 1855 portrait of Winfield Scott by Robert Walter Weir hangs in the National Portrait Gallery Washingto, DC.

“A veteran of the War of 1812 and a hero of the Mexican War, General Winfield Scott, the Union's senior commander at the start of the Civil War, had served under fourteen presidents, beginning with Thomas Jefferson. Yet Scott, seventy-five, once known as ‘Old Fuss and Feathers’ for his strict attention to military codes of dress and conduct, was now in declining health; gout and dropsy, coupled with the corpulence of his six foot, five inch frame, had reduced him to being an armchair gen­eral, no longer able to ride a horse.

Still, Scott's mind was alert and focused on mili­tary matters. Although his ‘Anaconda Plan’-which would blockade the enemy's seaports and divide the Confederacy in two by taking control of the Mississippi River-was seen to be largely impracti­cal at the start, it ultimately proved to be a winning strategy for the Union.” — National Portrait Gallery
Submitted: May 2, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p306896
File Size: 1.323 Megabytes

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