USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -During the Mexican-American War, U.S. forces under General Winfield Scott enter Mexico City and raise the American flag over the Hall of Montezuma, concluding a devastating advance that began with an amphibious landing at Vera Cruz six months earlier.

Detailed explanation-2: -As a cadet at West Point, young Ulysses S. Grant considered General Winfield Scott “the finest specimen of manhood my eyes had ever beheld, ” and admired his skills as a general. Nicknamed “Old Fuss and Feathers, ” Scott delighted in military pomp and cut a resplendent figure in his uniforms.

Detailed explanation-3: -He was promoted to Brigadier General, at age twenty-seven, in March of 1814. At this time Scott earned his nickname “Old Fuss and Feathers” for his insistence on military discipline and appearance, which, even though it rankled his mostly volunteer soldiers, helped turn them into a crack fighting force.

Detailed explanation-4: -Winfield Scott was a hero of the Mexican War (1846–1848), the last Whig Party candidate for U.S. president, and commanding general of the United States Army at the start of the American Civil War (1861–1865).

Detailed explanation-5: -With the capture of Mexico City by General Winfield Scott on September 14, 1847, the fighting subsided.