Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Patterson akapiwa basa rokuva mukuru mukuru wevazvipiri pakatanga Hondo yeMexico neAmerica uye akatungamirira 2nd Division, Army of Occupation, munguva yeTampico Expedition. Akanga achifungidzirwa nokuda kwokutungamira kwechiitiko kuVeracruz iyo pakupedzisira yakaenda kuna Winfield Scott. Iye, zvisinei, akaiswa mukutungamira kweVanozvipira Chikamu chechiitiko uye akaona chiito panguva yeKukombwa kweVeracruz
uye muHondo yeCerro Gordo, kwaakakuvadzwa. Akatungamirira kuronda kweAmerica kweuto reMexico uye akanga ari wokutanga kupinda muJalapa. Apo uto reU.S. rakanga riri paJalapa, Patterson akadzokera kuU.S. nemamwe mapoka evazvipiri avo nguva yavo yokunyoresa yakanga yapera. Akabva atangazve bhizimisi rake kuPennsylvania, kwaakawana michina 30 yokugadzira donje uye akapfuma chaizvo. Patterson akava mumwe wevaridzi vemafekitari makuru muUnited States uye aibatanidzwa zvikuru mumafekitari okuchenesa shuga uye muminda yekotoni. Akanga arizve munhu ane simba mune zvematongerwe enyika muPhiladelphia.