Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tarihin bataliya za a iya ganowa zuwa 15 ga Mayu 1846 lokacin da aka kafa kamfanin ma'adinai, masu saƙa, da kuma masu ruwa a West Point, New York. Kamfanin Alpha, 1st Engineer Battalion shine zuriyar wannan kamfani kai tsaye. Rundunar ta sami lambobin yabo 67 da kamfen na kamfen da lambobin yabo takwas na kasashen waje. Kamfanin A ya yi aiki a lokacin yakin Mexican-American na 1846, ya shiga cikin yakin Veracruz
da kuma kai hari a tsaunukan Chapultepec a Mexico City.