The Life and military character of MajGenScott . oi ^ A ^ THE LIFE AND MILITARY CHARACTER OP MAJOR-GENERAL WINFIELD The enemy say we are good at lon:r , bnt cannot stand the cold iron. Om,men! give the slanderers the lie. Charge I—Command of Scott. CHAPTER L Sirlh (inil EdiicnUon—^ippaintrd a Captain of Light Jirtilhrij—Ordered to Louis-iund—Court Miirtiid—Spi:nd:i a year in the study of Military Uorhs— -ippoinledLie</t. C^inel—Battle of Queeitstown — Seott a Prisoner—His opposition Oiprers—Lores the Trisk Soldiers—Seott as Adjvlavt-Geverdl of thejtrmy
The Life and military character of MajGenScott . oi ^ A ^ THE LIFE AND MILITARY CHARACTER OP MAJOR-GENERAL WINFIELD The enemy say we are good at lon:r , bnt cannot stand the cold iron. Om,men! give the slanderers the lie. Charge I—Command of Scott. CHAPTER L Sirlh (inil EdiicnUon—^ippaintrd a Captain of Light Jirtilhrij—Ordered to Louis-iund—Court Miirtiid—Spi:nd:i a year in the study of Military Uorhs— -ippoinledLie</t. C^inel—Battle of Queeitstown — Seott a Prisoner—His opposition Oiprers—Lores the Trisk Soldiers—Seott as Adjvlavt-Geverdl of thejtrmy — PuUs doien the British Colors at Fort Geornc—Routs a British forceunder Col Dennis—Seott jiromotid to the rank of Brigadier-General. ^rilE position whicli this gallant soldier now occupies beforethe Aiiiorican public lends additional interest to the narrativec:lliis |ast life and services, contained in the following pages. Gknkiiai, ScoTt was born in Petersburg. Virginia, in June,i78B, and as coeval, therefore, so to speak, with the Constitution•if the United States, which has ever been wit
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