(WHTM) — In May of 1861, General-in-Chief Winfield Scott, commander of the United States Army, who had fought in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, was watching the country he served fall apart.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Ken Rutherford talks about the Union's Anaconda Plan during the Civil War and its impact on technological innovation in the Confederacy. The ...

User-Created Clip by zlowe October 21, 2022 2022-10-01T14:11:46-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/524/1666380772.jpgAuthor Ken Rutherford talks about the Union's ...

At the outset of the American Civil War in 1861, the aging, wise, soon-to-be-retired-too-soon Union General-in-Chief Winfred Scott came in direct strategic conflict with George B. McClellan, the Union ...