Henry Lee Scott (1814 - 1886)

Born 3 Oct 1814 in New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, United States

Died 6 Jan 1886 at age 71 in New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

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Civil War Union Army Officer. An 1833 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, his career was closely linked to his father-in-law, the famed General Winfield Scott. During the Mexican War he served as an Aide-de-Camp to General Scott, a role he played right up to the Civil War. When General Scott was retired in November 1861, Henry Lee Scott was promoted to Colonel and Inspector General of the United States Regular Army. He served in this office for less than a year, resigning in 1862 and retiring from the Army after 29 years of service. On March 13, 1865 he was brevetted Brigadier General, US Regular Army for "long and faithful services in the army", but he declined the honor. He passed away in New York City in 1886.

Heitman's Register

Scott, Henry Lee. NO. NC. Cadet M A 1 July 1829 (41); ovt 2 It 4 inf 1 July 1833; 2 It 31 Jan 1836; 1 It 1 Mar 1838; radjt 30 Nov 1838 to 1 Apr 1840; capt 16 Feb 1847; It col a d c to lt gen Scott 7 Mar 1855 to 14 May 1861; col I G 14 May 1861; retd 30 Oct 1861; bvt maj 20 Aug 1847 for gal and mer con in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco Mex and It col 13 Sept 1847 for gal and mer con in the battle of Chapultepec Mex; resd 31 Oct 1862; [died 6 Jan 1886.]

Obituary^[1]
Colonel Henry L. Scott, U.S.A.

New York, Jan. 6 -- Colonel Henry L. Scott, U.S.A., died in the New York Hotel this afternoon, aged seventy-one years. Colonel Scott was a graduate of West Point. He married Cornelia W. Scott, a daughter of General Winfield Scott. The deceased acted as inspector-general on General Scott's staff, but retired from active service after the general's death in 1862.
The wife of Colonel Scott died in Baltimore about three weeks ago, and he came to New York December 27. On Sunday last he was stricken with paralysis and died in the arms of his only son, Winfield Scott. The funeral takes place on Saturday.

Sources

1. ↑ The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, Thursday, 7 Jan 1886, p. 4, col. 6; digital image at Newspapers.com

• Henry Lee Scott (1814-1886), Find-A-Grave website.

• Francis Bernard Heitman. (1903). Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army. https://archive.org/details/historicalregist01heitrich/page/868/mode/2up