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Events on Tuesday 29 May 1866 1
1786 – 1866Winfield Scott (1786-1866)Died 29 May 1866, aged 79American army general who served in uniform longer than any other officer in US history, commanding forces in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and briefly at the outset of the Civil War. His Anaconda Plan shaped Union strategy against the Confederacy.