Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei pene - Te mahi i nga ratonga whakauru i muri i te mutunga o te pakanga Ruggles me te 5th Infantry i uru atu ki te ope a Gen. Winfield Scott mo te Whakatairanga o Mexico City, e whawhai ana i Vera Cruz, San Antonio, Churubusco
, Molino del Rey, Chapultepec me te taone nui o Mexico. I whakawhiwhia a Ruggles ki te "Ma te Whakaaturanga Toa me te Whakaaturanga" ki te Pirimia i muri o Churubusco me te Lieutenant Colonel i muri o Chapultepec.