<prompt> Tlatša polelwana e latelago: Carlos A. Waite o tsenele madira a U.S. e le lefotenente wa boraro wa madira a maoto, ka January 28, 1820, a ba lefotenente wa pele, ka May 1, 1828, le mokapotene, ka July 3, 1836. Go tloga ka 7 July 1838 go fihla ka 8 May 1845, e be e le mokapotene le mothuši wa molaodi wa khamphani. O ile a kgethwa go ba molaodi wa 8th U.S. Infantry, 16 February 1847, gomme a šoma ka Ntweng ya Mexico-Amerika, a amogela di-brevet tša lefotenente mokolonele, 20 Agostose 1847, ka baka la boitshwaro bja sebete le bja go ba le mohola ka Contreras le  <response>: Churubusco, le mokolonele, ka September 8, 1847, ka baka la boitshwaro bja sebete le bjo bo holago kua Molino del Rey, moo a ilego a gobala o šoro. O ile a dirwa mokolonele wa lefotenente wa 5th U.S. Infantry ka 10 November 1851, le mokolonele wa 1st U.S. Infantry ka 5 June 1860. Ka la 19 Feberware 1861, Waite o ile a tšea maemo a Brevet Major General David E. Twiggs bjalo ka molaodi wa Lefapha la Texas ka ge Twiggs a ile a neela lefapha la go go Confederates mathomong a seo se bego se tla ba Ntwa ya selegae ya Amerika Twiggs mafelelong e tla be e laetšwe go Confederate States Army. Waite o ile a laola lefapha go fihlela le fedišwa ka semmušo ka morago ka 1861. Ka morago ga go boela ka bohlabela o ile a laola lefelo la madira kua Annapolis, Maryland. Ka 1864 o ile a bewa lelokelelong la batho bao ba tlogetšego mošomo ka baka la go fokola ga boemo bja gagwe bja tša maphelo, gomme o ile a dula kua Plattsburgh go fihla lehung la gagwe. Ka morago ga ntwa o ile a fiwa maemo a go ba Brigadier General, ka morago ga 13 Matšhe 1865, ka baka la tirelo ya gagwe ye telele le ya potego ka go Sešole sa U.S.; le ge go le bjalo tiišetšo ga se ya fiwa pele ga lehu la gagwe. 