Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: May nọrọ ọtụtụ n'ime ọrụ ya na Second Regiment of Dragoons, mana enwekwara oge dị mkpirikpi na First Regiment of Dragoons. Dị ka onye lieutenant, o sonyere na
Agha Seminole nke Abụọ, ebe ọ bụ onye na-ahụ maka njide nke onye isi 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.