 Complete the following phrase:  He served in the Mexican-American War with Major James Duncans Battery A, 2nd U.S. Artillery, where he was frequently breveted for good qualities from the rank of private in 1845 through the rank of second lieutet on June 28, 1848, later made permanent after the war on January 26, 1849. Benson was present with Battery A at the battles of Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, 