Winfield Scott Winfield Scotts military commission appointing him to the rank of Lieutenant General the first such appointment of anyone to that rank since George Washington Signed by President Franklin Pierce (1804-1869 Fourteenth President of the United States and by the future President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis 1808-1889 as Secretary of War and also by Samuel Cooper (1798 1876 future Confederate Major General as Adjutant General This extraordinary partly printed document lp folio on vellum was executed in Washington on Mar. 7, 1855 and as noted on the document was to take effect retroactively on the twentyninth day of March 1 8 471 the day on which the United States forces, under his command captured Vera Cruz and the Castle of San Juan de Ulua. Scott had been the Whig candidate for President in 1852 and was soundly defeated by Pierce Here Pierce makes amends and in effect guarantees the aging general all the benefits of this rank Clearly a most interesting and historically-important document Cleanly mounted with only light, even toning E7500-10000 One light toned bar across bottom of image