Most people around “The West’s Most Western Town” of Scottsdale, Arizona think of their founder, Winfield Scott as a God-fearing preacher and former Army chaplain. He was all that but he was also a fearless leader of men, fighting in some of the bloodiest battles in the Civil War.
Scott believed fervently in the preservation of the Union and when President Lincoln put out the call in July, 1862 to 300,000 volunteers, Scott, a newly ordained preacher, got permission to hold meetings an
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