Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 4 o Poutu-te-rangi 1845, i whakatairangahia a Lee hei rangatira tuatahi. I whakawhitihia tana roopu ki Texas i te marama o Hepetema o taua tau ka tukuna ki raro i a General Zachary Taylor. I nga pakanga o
Palo Alto me Resaca de la Palma, i whakahau ia i tetahi kamupene o te pu, i mahi tahi me te 1st Lieutenant James Longstreet. Ka tuhituhi ia i tētahi whiti e pā ana ki ēnei pakanga e rua.