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At the start of the Civil War in 1861, Lieutenant General Winfield Scott was 74 years of age and physically unable to lead troops in the field. Nevertheless, he advised President Lincoln on military affairs and is attributed with the basic strategic plan for the North during the war, the so-called "Anaconda Plan", which laid out a long-term strangling of the South, militarily and commercially.
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Who proposed the anaconda plan in the US Civil War?
Winfield Scott
Was winfeild Scott part of the confederacy or union in the civil war?
At the start of the Civil War, Winfield Scott was the Commanding General of the Union Army.
What was the name of Winfield Scott's horse during the Civil War?
Winfield Scott was old and ill and unable to go to into. If he had a horse it was hooked to a carriage. Thus, no name ever mentioned...........
Who was known as fuss and feathers?
Winfield Scott, the first UnionGeneral-in-Chief of the Civil War.
Who was involved in Wilmington battle?
It was a civil war battle- Bragg v Grant. Union prevailed.
