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Title: General Scott

Author: General Marcus J. Wright

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Great Commanders

Edited by James Grant Wilson

[Illustration: Winfield Scott]

GENERAL SCOTT

by

GENERAL MARCUS J. WRIGHT

New York
D. Appleton and Company
1894
Copyright, 1893,
By D. Appleton and Company.
All rights reserved.

The Great Commanders Series.
Edited by General James Grant Wilson.

Admiral Farragut.
By Captain A.T. MAHAN, U.S.N.

General Taylor.
By General O.O. HOWARD, U.S.A.

General Jackson. By JAMES PARTON.

General Greene.
By Captain FRANCIS V. GREENE, U.S.A.

General J.E. Johnston.
By ROBERT M. HUGHES, of Virginia.

General Thomas.
By HENRY COPPER, LL.D.

General Scott.
By General MARCUS J. WRIGHT.

_IN PREPARATION_

General Washington.
By General BRADLEY T. JOHNSON.

General Sherman.
By General MANNING F. FORCE.

General Grant.
By General JAMES GRANT WILSON.

Admiral Porter.
By JAMES R. SOLEY, late Assist. Sec. of Navy.

General Lee.
By General FITZHUGH LEE.

General Hancock.
By General FRANCIS A. WALKER.

General Sheridan.
By General HENRY E. DAVIES.

Each, 12mo, cloth, with Portrait and Maps, $1.50.

New York: D. APPLETON & CO., 1, 2 & 5 Bond St.

PREFACE.

In the preparation of this volume the author has consulted and used
with freedom the following-named works: History of the Mexican War, by
General Cadmus