Excerpt from Great Commanders: General ScottIN the preparation of this volume the author has consulted and used with freedom the following named works: History of the Mexican War, by Gen eral Cadmus M. Wilcox, Autobiography of General Scott, Life of General Scott, by Edward D. Mans field, Life of General Scott, by David Hunter Strother, Life of General Scott, by J. T. Headley History of the Mexican War, by John S. Jenkins Anecdotes of the Civil War, by General B. D. Town send, Sketches oi Illustrious Soldiers, by General James Grant Wilson, Fifty Years' Observation of Men and Things, by General B. D. Keyes, Reminis cences of Thurlow Weed, and Historical Register of the United States Army, by F. B. Heitman.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.