Editing Winfield Scott (section)

===Memorials===
[[File:Winfield Scott44 1870 issue-24c.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|First Winfield Scott stamp, issue of 1870]]

Scott has been memorialized in numerous ways. Various counties are named for him, including [[Scott County, Iowa]]; [[Scott County, Kansas]]; [[Scott County, Virginia]];<ref name="mlNaU" /> [[Scott County, Minnesota]]; and [[Scott County, Tennessee]]. Communities named for Scott include [[Winfield, Illinois|Winfield]], Illinois; [[Winfield, Indiana|Winfield]], Indiana; [[Winfield, Iowa|Winfield]], Iowa; [[Winfield, Alabama]]; and [[Winfield, Tennessee|Winfield]], Tennessee; [[Fort Scott, Kansas|Fort Scott]], Kansas; and [[Scott Depot, West Virginia|Scott Depot]] and [[Winfield, West Virginia|Winfield]],<ref name="lxtym" /> West Virginia. [[Fort Point National Historic Site|Fort Winfield Scott]] at the Presidio of San Francisco was part of the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay from 1861 to 1970, and is now a part of the Fort Point National Historic Site.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://militarymuseum.org/FtScott.html |title=Historic California Posts, Camps, Stations and Airfields: Fort Winfield Scott |author1=Gordon Chappell |author2=Justin M. Ruhge |date=2016 |access-date=2022-03-20}}</ref> Other things named for Scott include [[Lake Winfield Scott]] in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Mount Scott (Oklahoma)|Mount Scott]] in Oklahoma, and the [[Scott's oriole]], a bird.<ref name="5MJvB" />

A [[Brevet Lt. General Winfield Scott|statue of Scott]] stands at [[Scott Circle]] in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://historicsites.dcpreservation.org/items/show/536 |title=Winfield Scott Statue |website=DC Historic Sites |publisher=DC Preservation League |location=Washington, DC |access-date=October 29, 2020}}</ref> Scott was honored by having his likeness depicted on a U.S. postage stamp.<ref name="4w49M" /><ref name="CdVn2" /><ref name="k235B" /> A [[paddle steamer]] named ''[[SS Winfield Scott|Winfield Scott]]'' launched in 1850, and a [[US Army|U.S. Army]] [[tugboat]] in service in the 21st century is named ''[[MG Winfield Scott (LT-805)|Winfield Scott]]''. Scott is the namesake of various people, including officers Union General [[Winfield Scott Hancock]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Jordan |first=David M. |date=1998 |title=Winfield Scott Hancock: A Soldier's Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ubSem4UEn9AC |location=Bloomington |publisher=Indiana University Press |page=5 |isbn=978-0-2532-1058-6 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> Confederate General [[Winfield S. Featherston|Winfield Scott Featherston]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Bishop |first=Randy |date=2017 |title=Mississippi'S Civil War Generals |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3NcvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT81 |location=Bloomington, IN |publisher=AuthorHouse |pages=81–82 |isbn=978-1-5462-0172-4 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> and Admiral [[Winfield Scott Schley]].<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Tucker |editor-first=Spencer |date=2009 |title=U.S. Leadership in Wartime: Clashes, Controversy, and Compromise |volume=I |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wEkFzIWjdn4C&pg=PA435 |location=Santa Barbara, CA |publisher=ABC CLIO |page=435 |isbn=978-1-5988-4172-5 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> The U.S. Army Civil Affairs Association views General Scott as the "Father of [[History of civil affairs in the United States Armed Forces|Civil Affairs]]" and the regimental award medallions bear his name.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Winfield Scott Medallions|url=https://www.civilaffairsassoc.org/winfield-scott-medallions|access-date=September 1, 2020|website=Civil Affairs Association|language=en}}</ref>

The [[General Winfield Scott House]], his home in New York City from 1853 to 1855, was named a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1975.<ref>{{cite news |date=April 1, 1975 |title=Winfield Scott's Home Designated Landmark |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1975/04/01/76344578.html?pageNumber=38 |work=[[The New York Times]] |location=New York |page=38 |via=[[TimesMachine]]}}</ref> Scott's papers are held by the [[William L. Clements Library]] at the [[University of Michigan]] at [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]].<ref name="D28QV" />