<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Carlos A. Waite akapinda muU.S. Army sa 3d lieutenant of infantry, 28 January 1820, akava 1st lieutenant, 1 May 1828, uye kaputeni, 3 July 1836. Kubva musi wa7 Chikunguru 1838 kusvika musi wa8 Chivabvu 1845, aive kaputeni uye mutevedzeri wemukuru wechikoro. Akagadzwa mukuru we8th U.S. Infantry, 16 February 1847, uye akashanda muMexicoan-American War, achigamuchira magwaro emutevedzeri mukuru, 20 August 1847, nokuda kwehutano hwakanaka uye hunofanirwa muContreras uye  <response>: Churubusco, uye colonel, 8 September 1847, nokuda kwokuzvibata kwakanaka uye kwakanaka paMolino del Rey, apo akakuvadzwa zvakakomba. Akaitwa lieutenant colonel we5th U.S. Infantry musi wa10 Mbudzi 1851, uye colonel we1st U.S. Infantry musi wa5 Chikumi 1860. Musi wa 19 Kukadzi 1861, Waite akatsiva Brevet Major General David E. Twiggs semutungamiri weDhipatimendi reTexas sezvo Twiggs akaendesa dhipatimendi kuConfederates pakutanga kweyaizove Hondo yeVanhu veAmerica Twiggs aizopedzisira apihwa basa muConfederate States Army. Waite akarayira dhipatimendi kusvikira raparadzwa zviri pamutemo gare gare muna 1861. Pashure pokudzokera kumabvazuva akatungamirira nzvimbo yechiuto paAnnapolis, Maryland. Muna 1864 akaiswa pamudyandigere, nemhaka yehutano hwakakanganiswa, uye aigara muPlattsburgh kusvikira afa. Mushure mehondo akawana chinzvimbo cheBrigadier General, chakadzoserwa kumashure kuna 13 Kurume 1865, nekuda kwebasa refu uye rakatendeka muU.S. Mauto; zvisinei kusimbiswa hakuna kupihwa asati afa. 