Scott is a forgotten American military genius, Wellington called Scott’s Veracruz to Mexico City campaign the most ‘brilliant military operation of the age!’.
I may be slightly misremembering the quote, but I think I accurately remember the spirit of it.
The Army hasn’t forgotten. His campaign is one of the key campaigns we studied at School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS)
Scott was the key to success during the War of 1812 (victor vs the British at Chippewa) the Mexican War and also laid out the basic strategy for defeating the Confederacy at the beginning of the Civil War. Nobody else has been as consequential for as long a period as he was.