 Following a strategy similar to Scott's Anaconda Plan, Grant led the Union to victory, and the Confederate army surrendered in April 1865.Scott died at the West Point on May 29, 1866.President Andrew Johnson ordered the flags flown at half-staff to honor Scott, and Scott's funeral was attended by many of the leading Union generals, including Grant, George G. Meade, George H. Thomas, and John Schofield.