<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UCarlos A. Waite wangena ebuthweni lezempi lase-U.S. njengo- 3d lieutenant of infantry, 28 January 1820, waba ngu- 1st lieutenant, 1 May 1828, no-captain, 3 July 1836. Kusukela ngomhlaka 7 Julayi 1838 kuze kube ngumhlaka 8 Meyi 1845, wayengukaputeni nomsizi womphathi wendawo. Wabe eseqokelwa isikhundla sokuba ngu-Major we- 8th U.S. Infantry, 16 February 1847, futhi wakhonza eMpini yaseMexico naseMelika, wathola ama-brevet ka-lieutenant colonel, 20 Agasti 1847, ngokuziphatha okuhle nokufanelekile eContreras nase  <response>: Churubusco, no-colonel, ngo-September 8, 1847, ngenxa yokuziphatha ngesibindi nangenhlonipho eMolino del Rey, lapho alimala khona kanzima. Wenziwa uLieutenant Colonel we-5th U.S. Infantry ngo-10 Novemba 1851, futhi waba nguColonel we-1st U.S. Infantry ngo-5 Juni 1860. Ngo-19 Februwari 1861, uWaite wathatha isikhundla sikaBrevet Major General uDavid E. Twiggs njengomlawuli woMnyango waseTexas njengoba uTwiggs enikela ngomnyango kumaConfederates ekuqaleni kwalokho okwakuzoba yiMpi Yombango yaseMelika uTwiggs wayezogcina ethunywe e-Confederate States Army. UWaite wayephethe lo mnyango kwaze kwaba yilapho uqedwa ngokusemthethweni kamuva ngo-1861. Ngemva kokubuyela empumalanga wayala isikhundla sezempi e - Annapolis, eMaryland. Ngo-1864 wabekwa ohlwini lwabantu abadedelwa ngenxa yempilo ebuthaka, futhi wahlala ePlattsburgh waze washona. Ngemuva kwempi waphakanyiswa waba nguBrigadier General, emuva ngo-13 Mashi 1865, ngenxa yokusebenza isikhathi eside futhi ethembekile e-US Army; kodwa-ke ukuqinisekiswa akukhishwa ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe. 