Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Papera makore gumi, muHondo yeMexico neAmerica (1846-1848), mauto eMarine akaenda kunorwisa muzinda weChapultepec, waiva pamusoro peGuta reMexico, uye uku ndiko kwaiva kurwisa kwavo kwokutanga kukuru. Sezvo kufamba kuenda kuMexico City kwaizova chinhu chakareba uye zvichida chisingabviri, simba rakabatanidzwa (raibatanidza maMarines 200) raiva pasi paMajor General Winfield Scott rakaita chiito
vakamhara kumaodzanyemba kweVeracruz musi wa9 Kurume 1847 ndokutora guta musi wa29 Kurume. Kubva ipapo, vakarwa nzira yavo kuenda kuMexico City ndokutanga kurwisa kwavo musi wa13 Gunyana. MaMarine akapiwa basa rokuchenesa Chapultepec Castle, "Halls of Montezuma", uko vakabvisa mavara echiMexico ndokumhanyisa Mureza weUnited States. Mwero wakakwirira worufu pakati pevakuru vakuru uye vasiri vakuru vakuru vanorangarirwa mu "miganhu yeropa" yunifomu yehembe, pamwe nemutsara unoti "Kubva kuHoro dzeMontezuma" muMarines 'Hymn. MaMarine gare gare akaiswa pabasa rokurinda pamuzinda uye Captain Jacob Zeilin, Mutungamiriri womunguva yemberi, akaitwa gavhuna wehondo. MaMarine akashandawo sechikamu cheMarine's blockade yeMexico iyo yakabudirira kudzivirira maoko ekunze uye zvombo kuti zvisasvike kumauto eMexico, uye sechikamu cheCalifornia Battalion pasi paMajor Archibald H. Gillespie; kubatanidzwa kwaisanganisira hondo dzeMonterey, Los Angeles, Dominguez Rancho, San Pasqual, Rio San Gabriel, La Mesa, uye 2nd Tabasco. Dzimwe hondo dzakabatanidza 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Tuxpan, kutora La Paz, kudzivirira La Paz, Mulege, uye kutora nekudzivirira San José del Cabo.