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Winfield Scott Biography

Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was a United States Army general and the unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Whig Party in 1852.

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Brave rifles! Veterans! You have been baptized in fire and blood and have come out steel!

Baptized In, Blood, Brave, Fire, Rifles

Say to the seceded States, "Wayward sisters, depart in peace. "

Depart, Peace, Sister, Sisters, States, Wayward

My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all.

Country, Federal, Government, Integrity

You are very fortunate to be assigned to duty at Fortress Monroe on Chesapeake Bay; it is just the season for soft shelled crabs, and hog fish have just come in, and they are the most delicious panfish you ever ate.

Army, Chesapeake Bay, Come, Duty, Fortress, Fortresses

There are times when a corps commander’s life does not count.

Civil War, Corps, Doe, Gettysburg, Life, Times

Every man as well as every day has its lights and shades.

Day, Light, Man, Men, Shade, Shades

I placed the Marines where the hardest work was to be accomplished, and I never once found my confidence in them misplaced.

Accomplished, Found, Marine, Misplaced, Work

Peace won by compromise is usually a short lived achievement.

Achievement, Compromise, Peace, Short, Usually, Won

The enemy say that Americans are good at a long shot, but cannot stand the cold iron. I call upon you instantly to give a lie to this slander. Charge!

Americans, Charge, Iron, Long, Lying, Say

I give it as my fixed opinion, that but for our graduated cadets, the war between the United States and Mexico might, and probably would have lasted some four or five years, with, in its first half, more defeats than victories falling to our share; whereas, in less than two campaigns, we conquered a great country and a peace without the loss of a single battle or skirmish.

Country, Fall, Falling, Give, United, War