Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - May nọrọ ọtụtụ oge ọrụ ya na Second Regiment of Dragoons, mana o nwekwara obere oge na First Regiment of Dragoons. Dị ka onye lieutenant, o sonyere na Agha Seminole nke Abụọ
, bụ ebe ọ bụ ya mere e ji jide otu onyeisi agbụrụ dị mkpa. N'oge Agha Mexico, o duziri otu ndị agha n'oge njem Zachary Taylor, ma hụ ọgụ na Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterrey, na Buena Vista. O gosipụtara onwe ya n'omume ndị ahụ ma mesịa bulie ya n'ọkwa nke brevet colonel, na ọkwa nke isi. May mechara jee ozi n'akụkụ dị iche iche nke oke ala America, gụnyere n'oge nsogbu Bleeding Kansas.