scott von marcus wright general (3 Ergebnisse)

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 - General Scott's letters regarding William Henry Harrison -- Efforts to reduce General Scott's pay - LEtter to T. P. Atkinson on the lsavery question - Battle of Palo Alto, and of Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, and Buena Vista - The hasty plate of soup - Scott's opinion of General Taylore - Scott ordered to Mexico - Proposal to revive the grade of lieutenant general, and to appoint Thomas H. Benton - Scott reaches the Brazos Santiago - Confidential dispatch from Scott to Taylor - Coperation of the navy - Letters to the SEcretary of War as to places of rendezvous - Arrival and landing at Vera Cruz, and its investment, siege, and capture - Letter to foreign consuls - Terms of surrender - Orders of General Scott after the surrender; Chapter IX. General Santa Anna arrives at Cerro Gordo- Engagement at Atalaya - General Orders No. III - Reports from Jalapa - Report of engagement at Cerro Gordo - Occupation of Perote - Account of a Meican historian - General Santa Anna's letter to General Arroya - Delay of the Government in sending re-enforcements - Danger of communications with Vera Cruz - Troops intended for Scott ordered to General Taylor - Colonel Childs appointed governor of Jalapa - Occupation of Puebla - Arrival of re-enforcements - Number of Scott's force; Chapter X. Movement toward the City of Mexico - The Duke of Willington's comments - Movements of Santa Anna - A commission meets General Worth to treat for terms - Worth enters Puebla - Civil adminsitration of the city not interfered with - Scott arrives at Puebla - Scott's address to the Mexicans after the battle of Cerro Gordo - Contreras - Reconnoissance of the pedregal - Defeat of the Mexicans at Contreras - Battle of Churubusco - Arrival of Nicholas P. Trist, commissoner - General Scott meets a deputation proposing an armistice - He addresses a communication to the head of the Meican Government - Appointment of a commission to Mr. Trist - Majaor Lally - Meeting of Mr. Trist with the Mexican commissioners - Failure.

Hardcover. New York: Appleton, 1894. Great Commanders, light green cloth, gold lettering, silver emblem, corners and ends of spine rubbed, ex-lib, solid.; rcneew2510.

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