Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A buliri Garland n'ọkwá lieutenant colonel nke 4th U.S. Infantry na May 7, 1839. Ọ lụrụ ọgụ n'okpuru Zachary Taylor n'agha nke
Palo Alto na Resaca de la Palma. N'oge a ọ na-achịkwa onye isi nke abụọ US Grant. Maka ọrụ ndị ọ rụrụ n'agha abụọ a, e buliri ya n'ọkwa onye ọchịagha zuru oke ma nye ndị ọchịagha iwu na ngalaba David E. Twiggs nke ndị agha na-arụ ọrụ. N'agha nke Monterrey, Garland duziri nkewa ahụ nwa oge na mbido mbido obodo ahụ dịka General Twiggs were ọgwụ na-egbu egbu tupu agha ahụ.