Of majestic build, rubicund and slash-mouthed, he resembled the late General Winfield Scott, who was said to be the most imposing general of his century, if not of all centuries.

After the Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run and the retirement of the aged Winfield Scott in late 1861, Lincoln appointed Major General George B. McClellan general-in-chief of all the Union armies.

This refusal to accept any renunciation of allegiance to the Crown led to conflict with the United States over impressment, and then led to further conflicts even during the War of 1812, when thirteen Irish American prisoners of war were executed as traitors after the Battle of Queenston Heights ; Winfield Scott urged American reprisal, but none was carried out.

* Winfield Scott

A treaty was signed in 1832 by Sauk Indian tribe chief Keokuk and United States Army General Winfield Scott to end the Black Hawk War.

* 1824 – Winfield Scott Hancock, American Civil War general ( d. 1886 )

Winfield Scott leading a line of American infantry at the Battle of Chippawa during the War of 1812.

* 1786 – Winfield Scott, American general ( d. 1866 )

Santa Anna's efforts, however, were in vain, as Generals Taylor and Winfield Scott destroyed all resistance.

The couple had five sons and one daughter: Abraham ( 1807 – 1873 ) a graduate of West Point and career military officer ; John ( 1810 – 1866 ), graduate of Yale and Attorney General of New York ; Martin, Jr. ( 1812 – 1855 ), secretary to his father and editor of his father's papers until a premature death from tuberculosis ; Winfield Scott ( born and died in 1814 ); and Smith Thompson ( 1817 – 1876 ), an editor and special assistant to his father while president.

* 1847 – Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.

* 1861 – American Civil War: US President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.

* 1861 – American Civil War: Citing failing health, Union General Winfield Scott resigns as Commander of the United States Army.

* 1847 – Mexican-American War: Winfield Scott captures Mexico City.

American troops under General Winfield Scott capture Mexico City in the Mexican-American War.

The situation began to change on 19 October 1948, when Lieutenant General Curtis LeMay assumed leadership of the Strategic Air Command, a position he held until June 1957, the longest tenure for any United States armed forces commander since Winfield Scott.

During the Mexican American War ( 1846 – 1848 ), Lieutenant Grant served under Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott.

Grant's fame increased throughout the country, and he was promoted to Lieutenant General, a position that had previously been given to George Washington and given to Winfield Scott as a brevet promotion.

In addition to Harrison, the Whig Party also nominated war hero generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott.

With deep fissures in the party on this question, the anti-slavery faction prevented the re-nomination of its own incumbent President Fillmore in the 1852 presidential election ; instead, the party nominated General Winfield Scott.

Political cartoon about the 1848 presidential election which refers to Zachary Taylor or Winfield Scott, the two leading contenders for the Whig Party nomination in the aftermath of the Mexican-American War.

Attempting to repeat their earlier successes, the Whigs nominated popular General Winfield Scott, who lost decisively to the Democrats ' Franklin Pierce.

* October 2 – Winfield Scott Schley, American admiral ( b. 1839 )

** Winfield Scott Stratton, American miner ( d. 1902 )

* May 29 – Winfield Scott, American general and presidential candidate ( b. 1786 )

* November 2 – U. S. presidential election, 1880: James Garfield defeats Winfield S. Hancock.

* February 8 – Winfield Scott Hancock, American general ( b. 1824 )

* February 14 – Winfield Scott Hancock, American Civil War Union general ( d. 1886 )

Garfield became the party's compromise nominee for the 1880 Presidential Election and successfully campaigned to defeat Democrat Winfield Hancock in the election.

In the general election, Garfield defeated the Democratic candidate Winfield Scott Hancock, another distinguished former Union Army general, by 214 electoral votes to 155.

The Democratic Party meanwhile chose Civil War General Winfield Scott Hancock as their nominee.

Bayard was a candidate for President of the United States in 1876, ran second to Winfield Scott Hancock for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1880, and second to Grover Cleveland in 1884.

* II Corps, under Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, including the divisions of Maj. Gen. David B. Birney and Brig.

* II Corps, under Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, including the divisions of Maj. Gen. David B. Birney and Brig.

" After the war, the Union II Corps commander that day, Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, said to Longstreet of this flanking maneuver: " You rolled me up like a wet blanket.

* Fifth Military District: Texas and Louisiana, under Generals Philip Sheridan and Winfield Scott Hancock

* Major General Winfield Scott Hancock – February 27, 1865, to June 27, 1865

As a result, Major General Winfield Scott Hancock recommended the establishment of the post on December 8, 1869 ; Fort Pembina was completed on July 8, 1870.

It is the birthplace of Civil War general Winfield Scott Hancock.

* Winfield Scott Hancock, U. S. Army officer in the American Civil War

* Winfield Scott Hancock, field commander at Gettysburg, presidential candidate

It was designated Fort Hancock in 1886 after the death of General Winfield Scott Hancock, a hero of the battle of Gettysburg.

John F. Reynolds and Winfield S. Hancock, to whom he delegated great responsibilities.

In 1853, Pickett challenged future Union general and opposing Civil War commander Winfield Scott Hancock to a duel.

In the 1880 presidential election, he received 308, 578 votes, compared to 4, 454, 416 for Republican James Garfield and 4, 444, 952 for Democrat Winfield Hancock.

Winfield Scott Hancock and his identical twin brother Hilary Baker Hancock were born on February 14, 1824, in Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania, a hamlet just northwest of Philadelphia in present-day Montgomery Township.