Captured & freed in the War of 1812, he was later an 1852 presidential candidate & a Union general
... A prominent 
Whig, Scott won his party's presidential nomination in 1852 but lost the election to
... [DOC] [TLE] Winfield Scott - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] 1 Early life; 2 War of 1812; 3 Nullification and the Trail of Tears; 4 Scott as 
tactician ... Scott was captured during the Battle of Queenston Heights in 1812, 
but was released in ....