Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An haifi Wessells a Litchfield, Connecticut, 20 ga Fabrairu, 1809. Bayan ya kammala karatunsa a West Point a shekara ta 1833 ya shiga cikin Seminole War na biyu, na farko a matsayin na biyu na soja sannan kuma a matsayin na farko, wanda aka inganta a ranar 7 ga Yuli, 1838. A cikin yakin da Janar Scott ya yi a Mexico, an ba shi mukamin kyaftin din kuma ya karbi takardun shaida na manyan mutane a Contreras da Churubusco
Ka yi haƙuri. A cikin gasar da ta gabata, Kyaftin Wessells, ko da yake ya ji rauni, ya kama tutar rundunar a kan mutuwar launi mai launi kuma ya sanya kansa a gaban mutanensa. Bayan dawowarsa daga yaƙin jihar Connecticut ta zabe shi da takobi mai daraja, wanda aka ba shi tare da bukukuwan soja. Kyaftin Wessells ya kasance a gabar tekun Pacific a 1849-54, kuma yana cikin Sioux expedition na 1855, bayan haka ya yi aiki a Arewa maso Yamma har zuwa yakin basasa.