Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ikpeazụ e kenyere ya ọrụ n'ụgbọ mmiri ahụ, Balch jere ozi n'ụgbọ mmiri ahụ n'oge agha ahụ ya na Mexico lụrụ. O sonyere na mwakpo nke August 1846 na Alvarado, ebe mmiri siri ike dị n'osimiri gbochiri ụgbọ mmiri nke ụgbọ mmiri ahụ ịbata, na ọganihu nke 9 March 1847 nke ndị agha General Winfield Scott na
Vera Cruz. (Ụmụ nwanyị) N'oge agha nke ikpeazụ a, Balch rụrụ ọrụ dịka onye isi na-arụ ọrụ nke schooner e jidere.