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Apr 12, 2012 · He waited roughly six years for his chance for freedom. The moment arrived during the second spring of the Civil War, when Union troops encamped near the plantation on which he toiled. Scott, now 14, stole away to their camp on or about April 12, 1862. He met soldiers from Massachusetts, including a quartermaster sergeant named Loring W. Muzzey.
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"My name is Henry Scott. I am a free man from Trenton, New Jersey."
—Henry Scott introducing himself to the Legends
Prior to 1863, Henry Scott was a slave. Later as a freed man, he relocated to Trenton, New Jersey.
In 1863, Henry was tasked by General Ulysses S. Grant with infiltrating the Collins Plantation in Mississippi to steal vital Confederate battle plans that were key to winning the American Civil War. He ran into a contingent of Confederate soldiers. Due to the intervention of the Legends, they killed the soldiers chasing him. However, the soldiers had been exposed to a virus from a nearby crash-landed time pirate, so the soldiers reanimated, catching Henry and the Legends off-guard. Though the Legends fended off the zombified soldiers, Henry was stabbed and died while trying to tell Jefferson Jackson his mission orders.
Jax later took Henry's place and completed his mission, successfully retrieving charts of Confederate troop movements from the Collins Plantation. When asked by General Grant who to thank, Jax identified himself as Henry Scott, preserving his credit in history.
In 1865, a high school was named in Henry Scott's honor for his heroic efforts during the war.
Jan 17, 2012 · Henry Scott’s Escape to Freedom. By RONALD S. CODDINGTON. Disunion follows the Civil War as it unfolded. There comes a time in early life when a slave becomes aware that he is a slave. And so it was with Henry Scott, a half-white child fathered by his master in Fauquier County, Va. Scott became acutely and painfully aware of his condition at ...
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May 16, 2023 · Edward Winfield Scott (1823 - 1827) - Another of their children who died young. Edward was only 4 years of age when he passed away. Cornelia Winfield Scott (1825 - 1885) - She married Henry Lee Scott, a Civil War veteran. It is unknown if they had any children. Adeline Camilla Scott (1831 - 1882) - She married and had one child. She was the ...
Because Civil War–era military and political leaders did not themselves possess well-articulated concepts of strategy in contrast to, say, American military planning in the 20th century and beyond, historians have tended to focus more on what Civil War military leaders actually did in moving and fighting their armies.
President Abraham Lincoln signed the bill into law the next day. Officially titled, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, the Official Records are compiled in 127 volumes, plus a General Index and accompanying Atlas. Editor Robert N. Scott divided the OR into four major topical ...
An obituary for U.S. Civil War veteran Henry Bruce Scott. How to Cite: (1923) “Henry Bruce Scott”, The Annals of Iowa 14(1), 77-77. ...
