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].