Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mahi a Bankhead i te Pakanga o Mexico-Amerika, i te
I whakawhiwhia ki a ia te mana o te 2nd Artillery Regiment i Vera Cruz, a, i whakatairangahia ia ki te Brevet Brigadier General mo tana mahi whakahirahira i te whakahekenga o Vera Cruz, i reira ko Bankhead, te rangatira matua, i mahi hei rangatira o te patu patu, i te whakahau o nga papahiko. Mai i te Hanuere 1848 i whakahau ia i te Tari o Orizaba, Mexico.