Message of President Franklin Pierce nominating Major General Winfield Scot to be brevet Lieutenant General in the Army of the United States for eminent services in the late war with Mexico

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Washington February 28th, 1855

To the Senate of the United States:

For eminent in the late War with Mexico; I nominate Major General Winfield Scott of the Army of the United States, to be Lieutenant General by brevet in the same, to take rank, as such from March 29, 1847, the day in which the United States under his command, captured Vera Cruz, and the castle of San Juan de Velua.

Franklin Pierce

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National Archives Identifier: 306307

Full Citation: Message of President Franklin Pierce nominating Major General Winfield Scot to be brevet Lieutenant General in the Army of the United States for eminent services in the late war with Mexico; 2/28/1855; Records of the U.S. Senate, Record Group 46. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/message-of-president-franklin-pierce-nominating-major-general-winfield-scot-to-be-brevet-lieutenant-general-in-the-army-of-the-united-states-for-eminent-services-in-the-late-war-with-mexico/, August 25, 2026]

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