Legendary American soldier General Winfield Scott dies in his lodgings at West Point, New York

Lietenant-General Winfield Scott, legendary army commander and presidential candidate, died at the West Point Hotel at around eleven o'clock, two weeks before his eightieth birthday.  A hero of the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the architect of Union victory in the Civil War, the 6 foot five inch soldier was buried at the West Point Cemetery on June 1, 1866. (By John Osborne)