Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kaputeni Myers akaiswa paFort Moultrie kubva muna 1842<unk>1845. Munguva yehondo yeMexico neAmerica, Myers akashanda pasi paZachary Taylor muhondo yePalo Alto uye muhondo yeResaca de la Palma; "kuzvibata kwake kwakashinga uye kwakakodzera" kwakamupa kukwidziridzwa kune mukuru mukuru. Mushure mokunge aendeswa kuWinfield Scott, Myers akarwa muhondo yeChurubusco
(achigamuchira kukwidziridzwa kwepamutemo kuva colonel kana lieutenant colonel nokuda kwe "kuzvibata kwakanaka"), uye akanga ari mukuru mukuru weMasoja eMexico kubva muna April kusvika munaJune 1848.