Scott loved ceremony and extravagance, but his modest finances couldn’t keep pace. Cartoonists gently lampooned him, but respected him too much to savage him as they did with practically every other character of such color. The public appreciated him, but not enough to elect him president. Brilliant on the field, obsessed with minutiae off, Scott, now 74, was a man of lavish tastes, a volcanic temper and enough complexes to satisfy the most demanding therapist. Too prickly to love, too talented to ignore, he had been tolerated as a necessary irritant since Thomas Jefferson’s presidency.

Few players on the American scene could stand the old goat when he was in his prime, and now that his advancing age and flab had rendered him a non-factor in active duty, no one was inclined to listen to his incessant harping about-well, you name it. Army’s commanding general, Winfield Scott, was just about used up. Previous AMAs | Previous Roundtables Featuresįeature posts are posted weekly.On the eve of the Civil War, the U.S. Please Subscribe to our Google Calendar for Upcoming AMAs and Events To nominate someone else as a Quality Contributor, message the mods. Our flaired users have detailed knowledge of their historical specialty and a proven record of excellent contributions to /r/AskHistorians. Please Read and Understand the Rules Before Contributing. Report Comments That Break Reddiquette or the Subreddit Rules. Serious On-Topic Comments Only: No Jokes, Anecdotes, Clutter, or other Digressions. Provide Primary and Secondary Sources If Asked.

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