Captured & freed in the War of 1812, he was later an 1852 presidential candidate & a Union general
He was the foremost 
American... [DOC] [TLE] Winfield Scott - United States History [PAR] In the War of 1812, Scott served as a lieutenant colonel in Canada; he was ... 
general in March 1814, and played a major role at Lundy's Lane where he ...