I've wondered for a while wny none of the Army's posts in Virginia were named after Winfield Scott, a Virginian and one of the Army's greatest generals of the 19th century (and it's debatable that he might actually be the best of that century)

Five major forts in Virginia - Lee, Pickett, A.P. Hill, Eustis, and Story - and not one named after Scott. (Monroe was built while Scott was still serving, and before his masterful Mexico City campaign, so I won't count it.)

I once thought it was because of possible lingering resentment over Scott siding with the Union in 1861. It turns out that's not the case.

When most of the aforementioned posts were established, either for WWI or WWII, there was already a Fort Winfield Scott. It was established in 1912, as part of the Presidio of San Francisco, and served as the headquarters and garrison housing for the soldiers manning the coastal defense batteries guarding the San Francisco side of the Golden Gate.

And now you know.

You hit on it of course, but also look into the naming of those southern forts and the how and why of it. There is a lot more to their naming as well.