Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1855 ndị omeiwu kwụghachiri ndị agha Mexico ụgwọ maka agha nke Major General Winfield Scott site n'inye ya ikike ịkwalite ya na brevet lieutenant general, ka ọ bụrụ ọkwa site na Machị 29, 1847, ụbọchị nke ndị Mexico nyefere onwe ha na
Oge a nọchibidoro Veracruz. Dịka onye isi ndị agha naanị site na patent, Scott nọgidere na ọkwa onye isi ndị agha na-adịgide adịgide mana ọ nwere ikike ịkwụ ụgwọ dị ka onye isi ndị agha site na ụbọchị nke ọrụ patent ya, na-ebute esemokwu ọha na eze na Secretary of War Jefferson Davis n'elu ego nke Scott. Ndị omeiwu kpebiri okwu niile na ihu ọma Scott ozugbo Davis hapụrụ ọfịs na 1857, ma nye Scott ohere ịla ezumike nká na ụgwọ zuru ezu na 1861.