General Daniel Stewart was another patriot of the
Revolution. A county in Georgia is named in his honor.
MEXICAN WAR. Winfield Scott (1786-1866), grandson of a Scot who fought
at Culloden, was born in Virginia, and entered the army in 1808. He
served with great ability in the War of 1812, later became
Major-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Army in 1841. During the
war with Mexico he held chief command of the Army, and became
Lieutenant-General in 1847. John Munroe (c. 1796-1861), born in
Ross-shire, entered the United States Army, saw service against the
Florida Indians, became Chief of Artillery under General Zachary
Taylor in the Mexican War, and was subsequently Military and Civil
Governor of New Mexico (1849-50). James Bowie (1795-1836), of Scottish
descent and of "Bowie-knife" celebrity, took part in the Texan
Revolution and was killed at the Alamo in 1836. Bowie county and the
town of Bowie in Montague county, Texas, perpetuate his name. The
Bowies were a prominent family in Maryland, occupying high positions
in politics, jurisprudence, and society.
CIVIL WAR. General David Bell Birney (1825-64), son of James Gillespie
Birney, served with distinction in the Army of the Potomac. General
Ambrose Everett Burnside (1824-81), later Governor of Rhode Island
(1867-69), and United States Senator (1875-81), was grandson of a Scot
who emigrated to South Carolina at end of the eighteenth century.
Samuel Wylie Crawford (1829-92), of Scottish ancestry, was brevetted
Major-General of Volunteers for conspicuous gallantry, and wrote
"Genesis of the Civil War" (1887).
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