This general moved the Cherokees along the Trail of Tears to New Echota (eh-CHO-tuh).
This general moved the Cherokees along the Trail of Tears to New Echota (eh-CHO-tuh). In the Niagara front of the War of 1812, he was captured at Queenstown Heights and won at Lundy's Lane in 1814, two years after his release. He notched subsequent victories at Cerro Gordo (SAIR-oh GOR-doh), Churubusco (chur-oo-BOOS-koo), and (*) Chapultepec (chuh-PUHL-tuh-pek) after landing at Veracruz (vair-uh-KROOZ) to capture Mexico City during the Mexican-American War. After losing the 1853 Presidential election to Franklin Pierce on the Whig ticket, he devised the Anaconda Plan to win the Civil War as the General-in-Chief in 1861. For 10 points, name this general nicknamed "Old Fuss and Feathers."
This general moved the Cherokees along the Trail of Tears to New Echota (eh-CHO-tuh).
Winfield {Scott}