Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Kyaftin Myers ya yi aiki a Fort Moultrie daga 1842-1845. A lokacin Yakin Mexico da Amurka, Myers ya yi aiki a karkashin Zachary Taylor a yakin Palo Alto da yakin Resaca de la Palma; "haƙuri da halayyar kirki" a can ya ba shi ci gaba zuwa manyan manyan. Bayan da aka canza shi zuwa umurnin Winfield Scott, Myers ya yi yaƙi a yakin Churubusco
(karɓar haɓaka mai daraja ga colonel ko laftanan colonel don "haƙuri mai kyau"), kuma shi ne babban jami'in soja na Mexico daga Afrilu zuwa Yuni 1848.