<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-1855 iCongress yavuza inkonzo yeMpi YaseMexico kaMajor General Winfield Scott ngokugunyaza ukukhushulwa kwakhe ukuba abe yi-brevet lieutenant general, ukuba abe sezingeni kusukela ngoMashi 29, 1847, usuku lokuzinikela kweMexico eMexico  <response>: Ukuvinjezelwa kweVeracruz. Njenge-lieutenant general kuphela nge-brevet, uScott wahlala ebangeni elihlala njalo lika-major general kodwa wayenelungelo lokukhokhelwa njenge-lieutenant general kusukela ngosuku lokukhishwa kwakhe kwe-brevet, okwaholela ekulweni esidlangalaleni noNgqongqoshe Wezempi uJefferson Davis ngenani le-backpay uScott ayemkweleta. ICongress yaxazulula zonke izindaba ezivuna uScott lapho uDavis eshiya isikhundla ngo-1857, futhi yavumela uScott ukuba athathe umhlalaphansi ngomholo ophelele ngo-1861. 