Kammala jumla mai zuwa: bayan da aka daukaka shi zuwa mukamin na farko a cikin 2d Dragoons a ranar 9 ga Mayu. Sa'an nan kuma ya ga aikin a yakin Monterrey a watan Satumba, Siege na Vera Cruz a watan Maris na 1847, da kuma yakin Cerro Gordo a watan Afrilu. Sa'an nan kuma Steele ya yi yaƙi a yakin Contreras da
Yaƙin Churubusco a ranar 20 ga Agusta, da Yaƙin Molino del Rey a watan Satumba. An nada Steele zuwa matsayin kyaftin din dan takara don aikinsa a Contreras da Churubusco a ranar 20 ga Agusta, 1847.