<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UWessells wazalelwa eLitchfield, eConnecticut, ngoFeb. 20, 1809. Ngemva kokuthweswa iziqu eWest Point ngo-1833 wabamba iqhaza eMpini Yesibili YaseSeminole, okokuqala njengelungu lesibili lezempi bese kuba yilungu lokuqala, wakhuthazwa ngoJulayi 7, 1838. Emkhankasweni kaGen. Scott waseMexico wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngukaputeni futhi wathola isikhundla sokuba ngumphathi wamabutho ngenxa yesibindi sakhe eContreras naseChurubusco  <response>: . futhi. Emncintiswaneni wangaphambili uKaputeni Wessells, nakuba elimele, wathatha ifulegi lombutho ekufeni kwesergeant wombala futhi wazibeka phambili kwamadoda akhe. Lapho ebuya empini, umbuso waseConnecticut wamnika inkemba enezinhlamvu zamatshe ayigugu, eyethulwa kuye ngemikhosi yezempi. UCaptain Wessells wayesePacific Coast ngo-1849-54, futhi wayeseSioux Expedition ngo-1855, ngemuva kwalokho wakhonza eNyakatho-ntshonalanga kwaze kwaba iMpi Yombango. 