Kammala wannan magana: Scott ya yi aiki a lokacin yakin Mexico da Amurka. A watan Mayu na 1846, ya yi yaƙi a ƙarƙashin Manjo Janar Zachary Taylor a yakin da aka yi a
Palo Alto da Resaca de la Palma kuma sun 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.