Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Scott ya kasance mai aiki a lokacin yakin Mexican-American. A watan Mayu na 1846, ya yi yaƙi a ƙarƙashin Manjo Janar Zachary Taylor a yakin Palo Alto
kuma Resaca de la Palma kuma ya sami takardar shaidar (haɓaka girmamawa) zuwa Manjo. An ci gaba da shi zuwa cikakken matsayi na babban jami'in a ranar 29 ga Yuni, 1846.