Winfield Scott's Campaign to Capture Mexico City and Andrew Jackson's Role in the Battle of New Orleans

Running head: AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY
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1AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY
Question 1: Discuss Winfield Scott's campaign to capture Mexico City. How did his
campaign impact the war? Why have some historians and military leaders viewed his
campaign as one of the finest in the annals of American warfare?
Answer- Winfield has served actively being the general longer than any other individual in
the history of America and many of the historians have rated him as the “best American
commander” of his time (Bourdon, 2016). In his career of 47 years, he had commanded the
forces in numerous military programmes and campaigns. With the same, he has also served
as being the Commanding General of the army of United States for about 20 years, which is
longer than any of the other holders of the office. It is also to mention that Winfield Scott is
also known by the names like “Grand old Man of the army” and “Old Fuss and Feathers”. He
was basically known for being able to beat the odds. The Mexican-American war started on
the matter of a dispute over the 1845 annexation of Texas of the United State government
(Cummings, 2015). In 1847, the forces under him invaded Mexico three miles south of the
Vera Cruz. His campaign for capturing the Mexico City was conducted under some gruelling
conditions because of the severe head which his troops were encountering along with the
severe challenge that they faced while surmounting the very natural threat from the
opposition side. His performance as being the commander at the time of the campaign stands
out as one of the unique and the best examples for studying on the subject of contemporary
operational artists. His continuous focus and calm nature and attitude on the strategic
objective along with his level of self-confidence and an in-depth understanding of the
military, social and the economic condition and the tactical and operational patience has
enabled and assisted the military forces of United States in achieving its strategic objective,
notwithstanding the fact that he was outnumbered in hostile environment. He has very
skilfully balanced the opportunity and the risk with his operational approach with the help of
three lines of efforts for attaining and achieving the strategic objective by means of arranging