Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 4 ga Maris, 1845, an ba Lee mukamin Laftanar na 1. An canja shi zuwa Texas a watan Satumba na wannan shekarar kuma an sanya shi a karkashin Janar Zachary Taylor. A yakin da aka yi a Palo Alto
kuma Resaca de la Palma, ya umurci kamfani na rundunar, yana aiki tare da 1st Lieutenant James Longstreet. Zai rubuta waka game da duka waɗannan yaƙe-yaƙe.