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Death of Gen Winfield Scott Remembered in Obituary
The report recalls Gen Winfield Scott dying at 11:05 AM on Tuesday the 29th, after a long career from his birth on June 13, 1786 in Petersburg Virginia to his military leadership in the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and diplomacy. It notes his education at William and Mary, early arrest under Wilkinson, battles of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane, service in Europe, later life as a writer and statesman, and his roles in Jackson administration, the Patriot War, and border diplomacy with Britain.
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