Contents
Foreward
Editor's Introduction to the Second Edition
Author's Introduction to the 1864 Edition
Chapter I: BIRTH—PARENTAGE—SCHOOLS—COLLEGE
Chapter II: LAW STUDIES—THE BAR—TRIAL OF BURR
Chapter III: CHANGE OF PROFESSION—ADVENTURE AS A VOLUNTEER--RETURN TO THE BAR—ENTERS THE ARMY
Chapter IV: FOUR YEARS’ VACILLATION BETWEEN PEACE AND WAR—THE BAR AND THE SWORD
Chapter V: WAR DECLARED—DOUBLE PROMOTION—MARCH TO CANADA
Chapter VI: NIAGARA FRONTIER—CAPTURE OF WAR VESSELS—BATTLE OF QUEENSTOWN— A PRISONER OF WAR—PAROLED
Chapter VII: KINGSTON—PRESCOTT—MONTREAL—
QUEBEC—SAILED FOR HOME—GUT OF CANSO—WASHINGTON
Chapter VIII: COLONEL AND ADJUTANT--GENERAL—FORT GEORGE—OGDENSBURG—HOOP-POLE CREEK—FRENCH MILLS
Chapter IX: REFLECTIONS ON PAST DISASTERS—CALLED TO WASHINGTON—BUFFALO—CAMP OF INSTRUCTION—CAMPAIGN OF 1814 OPENED
Chapter X: RUNNING FIGHT—CHIPPEWA
Chapter XI: INVESTMENT OF FORTS—BATTLE OF
NIAGARA OR LUNDY’S LANE
Chapter XXII: PRESIDENT VAN BUREN—FINE TEMPER—CANADIAN AGITATIONS—BURNING OF THE CAROLINE—SCOTT SENT TO THE FRONTIER—
THE TURMOIL QUIETED—SCOTT SENT TO REMOVE THE CHEROKEES
Chapter XXIII: SCOTT ORDERED BACK TO BRITISH
FRONTIERS—TURMOIL RENEWED—
MAINE BOUNDARY
Chapter XXIV: POLITICS—GENERAL-IN-CHIEF—STOPS UNLAWFUL PUNISHMENTS—ATTEMPTS TO ABOLISH HIS RANK AND TO REDUCE HIS PAY—MR. ADAMS AND MR. C. J. INGERSOLL
Chapter XXV: LETTER ON SLAVERY—TRACTS ON PEACE AND WAR—MR. POLK PRESIDENT
Chapter XXVI: WAR WITH MEXICO—GENERAL TAYLOR
Chapter XXVII: SCOTT ORDERED TO MEXICO—VISITS CAMARGO—REËMBARKS FOR VERA CRUZ
Chapter XXVIII: SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF VERA CRUZ AND THE CASTLE OF SAN JUAN DE ULLOA
Chapter XXIX: BATTLE OF CERRO GORDO, JALAPA,
PEROTE AND PUEBLA—HALTS—VISIT TO
CHOLULA
Chapter XXX: ADVANCE ON THE CAPITAL—HALT AT AYOTLA—RECONNAISSANCES—SAN AUGUSTIN—CONTRERAS
Chapter XXXI: VICTORIES OF CONTRERAS—SAN ANTONIO—CHURUBUSCO
Chapter XXXII: ARMISTICE—NEGOTIATIONS—HOSTILITIES
RENEWED—BATTLE OF MOLINOS DEL REY—
CAPTURE OF CHAPULTEPEC AND MEXICO
Chapter XXXIII: BRILLIANT ALLUSION TO THE CAMPAIGN—RETALIATORY MEASURES—MARTIAL LAW—SAFEGUARDS—PROCLAMATION—DEFENCE OF PUEBLA
Chapter XXXIV: QUESTION OF FREE QUARTERS—SYSTEM OF
FINANCE—SPREAD OF THE TROOPS
Chapter XXXV: SUPPRESSION OF OUTLAWS—PEACE
COMMISSIONER—TREATY SIGNED—MEXICAN
OVERTURES—COURT OF INQUIRY
Chapter XXXVI: RECEPTIONS AT NEW YORK AND ELIZABETH—OTHERS DECLINED—BAD
HEALTH—THANKS OF CONGRESS, ETC.
Appendix: Officers in Winfield Scott’s Army in Mexico Who Later Became Civil War Generals
Editor's Notes
Bibliography
Index