Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ringgold ya yi aiki a cikin janar Zachary Taylor na rundunar mamayewa a Texas a matsayin Major na Artillery. A ranar 8 ga Mayu, 1846, yayin da shi da sojoji 2,400 ke kan hanyarsu zuwa Fort Texas, sun shiga cikin yakin Palo Alto
da Janar Mariano Arista na Mexico da rundunarsa ta mutane 3,800.