Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ya koma Columbia don murmurewa kuma an karbe shi a matsayin gwarzo na yaƙi. A watan Janairun 1848, da zarar raunin ya warke, ya koma aiki, ya karbi kwamiti a matsayin mataimakin mataimakin a cikin Rundunar Sojojin Amurka ta 11 da ke aiki a karkashin Janar Winfield Scott a yakin Vera Cruz
Ka yi haƙuri. Raunin ƙafafunsa bai warke ba, duk da haka, kuma a watan Mayu 1848, aka aika da shi gida a kan izinin likita.