<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo - 1855 iCongress yavuza inkonzo yeMpi yaseMexico kaMajor General Winfield Scott ngokugunyaza ukukhushulwa kwakhe ukuba abe yi - brevet lieutenant general, ukuba abe sezingeni kusukela ngo - March 29, 1847, usuku lokuzinikela kweMexico ekuvinjezelweni kweVeracruz  <response>: . futhi. 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. 