"I believe that Scott was grooming Lee to succeed him as General-in-Chief of the Army."

I couldn't argue with that thought one bit. BTW, just how old was Scott in 1861? I have an image of Sidney Greenstreet playing Scott in "They Died With Their Boots On", eating boiled onions in the Willard Hotel dining room as Errol Flynn's Custer pleaded with him for a coomand. Stan