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Winfield Scott (1786-1866) U.S. General. In 1847 he commanded the United States army in Mexico and bombarded and captured Vera Cruz, proceeding to Mexico City. In 1838 he supervised the removal of the Cherokee to a reservation. He ran for U.S. President in 1852 on the Whig Party ticket.
E. A Duyckinck, ed. National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans from Original Paintings by Alonzo Chapel Vol II. (New York: Johnson, Fry & Co., 1862) 376.
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