Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1841, Scott ghọrọ Ọchịagha Ukwu nke Ndị Agha United States, merie onye na-ama ya aka bụ́ Edmund P. Gaines maka ọkwá ahụ. Mgbe agha Mexico na America bidoro n'afọ 1846, a chụpụrụ Scott n'ọrụ nchịkwa, mana n'afọ 1847 o duziri agha megide isi obodo Mexico nke Mexico City. Mgbe
N'iweghara obodo ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri nke Veracruz, o meriri ndị agha nke ọchịagha Mexico bụ Antonio López de Santa Anna na Agha nke Cerro Gordo, Contreras, na Churubusco. Mgbe ahụ, o weghaara Mexico City, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ọ nọgidere na-edozi isi obodo Mexico ma na-enyere onye nnọchi anya Nicholas Trist aka ịmekọrịta nkwekọrịta nke Guadalupe Hidalgo, nke mere ka agha ahụ kwụsị.