04-05-2021 Stubborn

[Trivia Master]

Who was the officer not named Scott, whose career spanned the War of 1812, the Mexican American War, and the Civil War and did not go gently into the good night of retirement when ordered to retire?
A pointer: he was born before George Washington was President and died when U.S. Grant was President.

credit: @hughes

 

[gentlemanrob]

Answer: John Ellis Wool.

 

[DBF]

John Ellis Wool (1784–1869)
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/wool-john-e.169035/#post-2199127

 

[JeffFromSyracuse]

John Wool.

 

[bayouace]

John Ellis Wool

 

[ErnieMac]

John E. Wool.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Wool

 

[Brenal]

John Ellis Wool.

 

[Stone in the wall]

Sylvanus Thayer 1785-1872

Edit: Thayer was born before Washington was President and died while Grant was President, but I can't find an indication that he resisted retirement.

hoosier

 

[streetwiseprof]

John Wool.

One quibble: Grant had been elected, but not inaugurated, when Wool died.

Edit: Wool died in November 1869, so Grant had taken office by that time. You still get credit for a correct answer.

hoosier

 

[Lewis214]

John E Wool. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Wool

 

[VMIKeydet]

US Gen. John Ellis Wool https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Wool

 

[Pollaco]

It sounds alot like Gen. JOHN ELLIS WOOL, in fact I think I'll submit his name as he fits all of the clues.I've read somewhere that he was even "stunned and outraged at his dismissal".

 

[sarladaise]

John Ellis Wool

 

[WJC]

Who was the officer not named Scott, whose career spanned the War of 1812, the Mexican American War, and the Civil War and did not go gently into the good night of retirement when ordered to retire?
A pointer: he was born before George Washington was President and died when U.S. Grant was President.

credit: @hughes

Major General John Ellis Wool (1784-1869). Wool was retired in August 1863 after serving 51 years in the U. S. Army. He felt he was still capable and argued for reinstatement to Lincoln, Johnson, and Grant to no avail.
Source: Harwood P. Hinton and Jerry Thompson, Courage Above All Things: General John Ellis Wool and the U.S. Military 1812-1863, (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2020).

 

[FarawayFriend]

Seems my research skills have left me at the moment so I think it's best to take a break from Trivia for a while.
Good luck everyone!

 

[JackADriscoll]

Timonthy Andrews

Edit: Andrews was born in 1794, when Washington was already President, and died in March 1868, before Grant took office.

hoosier

 

[captaindrew]

John Ellis Wool

 

[James N.]

Sounds like John E. Wool to me; according to Wikipedia his dates are:

Born: Feb 20, 1784 · Newburgh, NY
Died: Nov 10, 1869 · Troy, NY​

 

[stuart1861]

John Ellis Wool

 

[JOHN42768]

Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer (June 9, 1785 – September 7, 1872)
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvanus_Thayer

Edit: See edit to post # 8.

hoosier