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Listen: The Blues ProgramPortrait of Confederate Colonel George Washington Scott.
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Scott was the fourth child of John and Agnes Scott. He was born in Alexandria, Pennsylvania, on February 22, 1829. He died on October 3, 1903.
Scott moved to Quincy, Florida in 1850 and later to Tallahassee in 1852. He was head of the mercantile business George W. Scott & Company from 1852 to 1870. He married Rebekah Bucher of Pennsylvania in 1854. Scott joined the Tallahassee Guard in May 1861, mustered into the Confederate Service in Company D of the 2nd Florida Cavalry, of which he became captain. In 1863 he organized the 5th Florida Battalion, known as "Scott's Cavalry." In October 1864, Scott -- by now a Colonel -- was made commanding officer of the Middle Florida, West Florida & Southwest Georgia district.
Scott surrendered to Union General McCook on May 13, 1865. He moved to Savannah, Georgia in 1870, and later to Decatur in 1877.
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