Great Commanders: General Scott.

Edité par New York: D. Appleton and Company, . Limited to One Thousand Copies, of Which this is Number 40., 1863

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Octavo, cloth (hardcover), top edge gilt, tissue protected frontis., 349 pp. Fair, ex-libris with envelope attached to back, speckling to spine. Contents: Parentage and birth of Scott - Precocity - Enters William and Mary College - Leaves college and commences the study of law with Judge Robinson - Attends the trial of Burr at Richmond - Impressment of American seamen and proclamation of President Jefferson - Joins the Petersburg troop - Leaves for Charleston - Returns to Petersburg - Appointed captain of artillery - Trial of General Wilkinson - Scott sends in his resignation, but withdraws it and returns ot Natchez - Is court-martialed - On staff duty at New Orleans - Declaration of war with Great Britain - General Wade Hapton and the Secretary of War - Hull's surrender - Storming of Queenston - March to Lewiston - Scott's appeal to the officers and soldiers -- Indian fire on a flag of truce - Incident with a Caledonian priest - Letter in relation to Irish prisoners sent home to be tried for treason; Chapter II. Scott ordered to Philadelphia - Appointed adjutant general with the rank of colonel - Becomes chief of staff to General Dearborn - Death of General Pike - Leads the advance on Fort Niagara - Anecdote of Scott and a British colonel - Commands the expedition to Burlington Heights - March for Sackett's Harbor -- Meets a force at Cornwall - Retreat of Wilkinson - Scott appointed brigadier general - Attack on and surrender of Fort Erie - Battle of Chippewa - Lundy's Lane and wounding os Scott - Retreat of the army to Black Rock - Fort Erie - Visits Europe; Chapter III: Is received and entertained by prominent civilians and military men in Europe - Marries Miss Mayo -- Offspring -- Thanks of Congress -- Thanks of the Virginia Legislature voted, and also a sword -- Controversy with General Andrew Jackson and correspondence -- Prepares general regulations for the army and militia -- Controversy with General Gaines and the War Department about rank -- In command of the Eastern Division -- War with the Sac and Fox Indians -- Black Hawk - Cholera breaks out among the troops; Chapter IV. Troubles in South Carolina growing out of the tariff apprehended, and General Scott sent South -- Action of the nullifiers -- Instructions in case of an outbreak -- Action of the South Carolina Legislature; Chapter V. Events that led to the war in Florida - Treaty of Camp Moultrie and its stipulations - Complaints of INdians and whites - Treaty of Payne's Landing - Objections of the Indians to complying with the latter treaty - Councils and talks with the Seminoles - Assiola - Murder of mail carrier Dalton - Murder of Charley Amathla - Dade's massacre - Murder of General Thompson and others - General Clinch - Depredations by the Indians on the whites and by the latter on the Indians -- - Volunteers - Military departments of Gaines and Scott; Chapter VI. Review of the army by General Gaines - Arrival of General Gaines at Fort King - Lieutenant Izard mortally wounded -Correspondence between General Gaines and Clinch - General Scott ordered to command in Florida - Disadvantages under which he labored - Preparations of movements -- Commencement of hostilities against the Indians; Chapter VII. Scott prefers complaint against General Jesup - Court of inquiry ordered by the President - Scott fully exonerated by the court - Complaints of citizens - Difficulties of the campaign - Speech in Congress of Hon. Richard Biddle - Scott declines an invitation to a dinner in New York city - Resolutions of the subscribers - Scott is ordered to take charge of and remove the Cherokee Indians - Orders issued to troops and andress to the Indians -- Origin of the Cherokee Indian troubles - Collision threatened between Maine and New Brunswick, and Scott sent there - Correspondence with Lietenant-Governor Harvey - Seizure of Navy Island by Van Rensselaer - Governor Marcy; Chapter VIII. Annexation of Texas -- Causes that led to annexation - Message of the President - Gener.…

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Titre
Great Commanders: General Scott.
Auteur
Wright, General Marcus J.
Éditeur
New York: D. Appleton and Company, . Limited to One Thousand Copies, of Which this is Number 40.
Année de publication
1863
Reliure
Couverture rigide

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