Anecdotes of Winfield Scott as Soldier and as Citizen (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Anecdotes of Winfield Scott as Soldier and as Citizen This was in 1807. In 1815 '16, Gen. Scott being in London, was invited to dintel by L rd' Holland, the nephew of the great Charles James Fox At the close of the dinner, a gentleman de sired Lord Holland to introduce him to General Scott. 011 being presented, he reverted to thecircumstance of his capture by a Corporal Scott at Lynnhaven bay, and remarked, he was as tall as you are, and of the same complexion and eyes, but you cannot be he for you are now a Major General in the Army of the United States. Gen. Scott assured him he was the Corporal Scott of Lynnhaven bay, a and learned on inquiry, that Mr. Fox, the gentleman with whom he was conversing, had risen to be a master commander in the British N avy, but that his comrade, Evans, mas dead. Mr. Fox also curiously inquired if all the United States soldiers had their half-pint of wine and porter allowed to them 2 And per haps he asked himself if all Corporals' 1n the Uni ted States service rose to the rank of Major General 1n nine years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.