When Did Winfield Scott Die
After His Retirement from the Military, Winfield Scott Wrote His Memoirs and Toured Europe. He Died at West Point, New York, on May 29, 1866. What Happened to...
After his retirement from the military, Winfield Scott wrote his memoirs and toured Europe. He died at West Point, New York, on May 29, 1866.
What happened to general Winfield Scott?
When he retired from the Army in November 1861, Scott had been a general longer than his successor, George McClellan, had been alive. He lived to see the Union win the war, dying at West Point on May 29, 1866 at age 79.
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Winfield Scott, (born June 13, 1786, Petersburg, Va., U.S.—died May 29, 1866, West Point, N.Y.), American army officer who held the rank of general in three wars and was the unsuccessful Whig candidate for president in 1852. He was the foremost American military figure between the Revolution and the Civil War.
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