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Winfield Scott
6 quotes
“Men of the eleventh! the enemy say we are good at a long shot, but cannot stand the cold iron. I call on you to give the lie to that slander. Charge!”
Winfield Scott (1786–1866) first seen 1812 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address to the 11th Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Chippawa (14 June 1814) in the War of 1812, as quoted in The Military Heroes of the War of 1812 (1849) by Charles Jacobs Peterson, p. 152
“Brave rifles! Veterans! You have been baptized in fire and blood and have come out steel!”
Winfield Scott (1786–1866) first seen 1847 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address to US forces after the of Battle of Chapultepec in the Mexican-American War (September 1847) as quoted in The Life and Military and Civic Services of Lieut-Gen. Winfield Scott (1861) by Orville James Victor, p. …
“Say to the seceded States, "Wayward sisters, depart in peace.”
Winfield Scott (1786–1866) first seen 1861 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to William H. Seward (3 March 1861); though the only suggestion from this letter commonly quoted, this was actually the last and final alternative of what he considered to be 4 options available to President Abra…
“Lee is the greatest military genius in America, myself not excepted.”
Winfield Scott (1786–1866) said by 1866 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Life of General Robert Edmund Lee (1870) by C. Stoctly Errickson, p. 35.
“Peace won by compromise is usually a short lived achievement.”
Winfield Scott (1786–1866) said by 1866 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Iron Man of India (1951) by S. Jaysbee, p. 57
“Major-General McClellan has propagated in high quarters the idea expressed in the letter before me, that Washington was not only "insecure," but in "imminent danger." Relying on our numbers, our forts, and the Potomac River, I am confident in the opposite opinion; and considering the stream of new regiments that is pouring in upon us (before this alarm could have reached their homes), I have not the slightest apprehension for the safety of the Government here. … I must beg the President, at the earliest moment, to allow me to be placed on the officers' retired list, and then quietly to lay myself up — probably forever — somewhere in or about New York. But, wherever I may spend my little remainder of life, my frequent and latest prayer will be, "God save the Union!”
Winfield Scott (1786–1866) first seen 1861 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Secretary of War Simon Cameron, detailing some disagreements with the actions and policies of General McCellan, and requesting to be granted a retirement (9 August 1861).