Complete the following sentence: From 1833 to 1836, Day was on duty at Hancock Barracks, Maine and he served at Fort Independence, Massachusetts in 1836. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Day fell ill in Florida and was on convalescent leave from 1839 to 1841. 1841 returned to Florida and remained till 1842. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ He took part in the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1847, serving with the 2nd Infantry as part of David E. Twiggs' Brigade and participating in battles including
Veracruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco, Moline del Rey and Chapultepec.<unk>Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco, Moline del Rey and Chapultepec.<unk>