Winfield Scott letters for the years 1823 thru 1861

Savannah, GA - 14 December 1832

Winfield Scott letter to William C. Preston

Augusta, GA - 27 May 1836

Winfield Scott letter to Persifer F. Smith... I am bound to the Chatahoochee to take upon myself the direction of the war against the Creeks.

Washington, DC - 9 February 1843

Winfield Scott letter to T. P. ATKINSON, ESQ

Washington, DC - 24 March 1845

Winfield Scott letter to J. C. BECKWITH, ESQ.

Washington, DC - 25 May 1846

Winfield Scott letter to Hon. W. L. Marcy, Sec. of War... Your letter of this date, received at about 6 p.m., as I sat down to take a hasty plate of soup, demands a prompt reply

Vera Cruz, MEX - 19 April 1847

Winfield Scott letter to William Marcy

Jalapa, MEX - 23 April 1847

Winfield Scott letter to .William Marcy

, MEX - 6 July 1847

Winfield Scott note to GEN P. F. SMITH.

San Augustin, MEX - 19 August 1847

Winfield Scott Mexican War Report No. 31

Coyoacan - 21 August 1847

Winfield Scott letter to Gen. Santa Anna... Too much blood has already been shed in this unnatural war between the two great republics...

Tacubaya, MEX - 28 August 1847

Winfield Scott Mexican War Report No. 32

Tacubaya, MEX - 11 September 1847

Winfield Scott Mexican War Report No. 33

Mexico City, MEX - 18 September 1847

Winfield Scott Mexican War Report No. 34

Mexico City, MEX - 17 December 1847

Winfield Scott Mexican War Report No. 40

Mexico City, MEX - 26 December 1847

Winfield Scott Mexican War Report No. 41

Mexico City, MEX - 6 January 1848

Winfield Scott Mexican War Report No. 42

Mexico City, MEX - 13 January 1848

Winfield Scott Mexican War Report No. 43

Mexico City, MEX - 2 February 1848

Winfield Scott Mexican War Report No. 44

Mexico City, MEX - 9 February 1848

Winfield Scott letter to William Marcy

Elizabethtown, NJ - 19 July 1848

It is now sixty days since I landed on the Jersey shore, with a Mexican disease upon me, and although obliged to travel and to engage in the most vexatious and disgusting work, I have not had the strength to walk three hundred yards

West Point, NY - 29 June 1849

Winfield Scott letter to J. C. HAMILTON, ESQ.

New York, NY - 9 December 1856

I am much concerned to learn that you think of leaving the army, after acquiring, at an early age, so much distinction in it

Washington - 3 March 1861

Winfield Scott letter to WILLIAM H. SEWARD

Washington, MD - 19 March 1861

I request that you will have the goodness to proceed to Charleston, S. C., and obtain permission, if necessary, to visit Fort Sumter

Washington, MD - 9 August 1861

Accordingly, 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

Washington, MD - 12 August 1861

I deeply regret that, notwithstanding my respect for the opinions and wishes of the President, I can not withdraw the letter in question, for the following reasons

Washington, MD - 4 October 1861

To suppress irregularity, more conspicuous in Major-General McClellan than in any other officer, I publish the following facts: