Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - 5th ya yi tafiya tare da Taylor daga Fort Texas zuwa Point Isabel a ƙarshen Afrilu don share hanyar samar da sojojin Mexico. Yayin da suke karfafa wannan sansanin, sojojin Mexico na Arewa sun kewaye Fort Texas, suna fara harbi a ranar 3 ga Mayu. Sojojin Taylor sun koma daga Point Isabel kuma sun sadu da abokan gaba a ranar 8 ga Mayu, a Palo Alto
, da dama mil gabas da sansanin soja. A cikin yakin da ya faru, 5th Infantry ya rushe wani cajin da 'yan bindigar Mexico suka yi ƙoƙari su shiga cikin jirgin na Taylor. A cikin dare, 'yan Mexico sun janye zuwa matsayi mafi kyau a Resaca de la Palma, wanda sojojin Taylor suka kai hari a safiyar ranar 9. Bayan gwagwarmayar farko, sojojin Amurka sun mamaye sojojin Mexico. 5th da 8th Regiments sa'an nan kuma ya jagoranci cajin da ya karya cibiyar Mexico kuma ya kori sojojin su.