Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kaputeni Myers akanga akagara paFort Moultrie kubva muna 1842 kusvika muna 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. Pashure pokuendeswa kwake kumurairo waWinfield Scott, Myers akarwa pa
Hondo yeChurubusco (kugamuchira kukwidziridzwa kwepamutemo kune colonel kana lieutenant colonel we "gallant conduct"), uye aive mukuru mukuru weMasoja eMexico kubva muna Kubvumbi kusvika Chikumi 1848.