Ruggles da 5th Infantry sun shiga sojojin Janar Winfield Scott don Kamfen na Mexico City, suna yaƙi a Vera Cruz, San Antonio, Churubusco
, Molino del Rey, Chapultepec da kuma Mexico City. Ruggles an ba shi takardar shaidar "don Gallant da Meritorious Conduct" zuwa Major bayan Churubusco da Lieutenant Colonel bayan Chapultepec.