Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Getty i Georgetown, Washington, DC. I tohua ia ki te United States Military Academy i West Point, New York, i te 16 o ona tau, a ka mutu i te 15 o nga 42 kaitohutohu o te Akomanga o 1840. I roto i ona hoa o te akomanga ko nga rangatira o te Pakanga Taua a William T. Sherman me George H. Thomas o te Union Army me Richard S. Ewell me Bushrod R. Johnson o te Army Army Army Army. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te patu patu hei tuarua tuarua. I te Pakanga o Mexico me Amerika, i pakanga ia me te ope a Winfield Scott, a, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia he taitara mo te toa i Contreras me
Ko Churubusco. I whawhai ia ki nga Inia Seminole i Florida i roto i nga Pakanga Seminole e rua kua hipa, i kite ia i te mahi i te 1849 <unk> 50 me te 1856 <unk> 57.