Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Jordan ya shiga soja a matsayin mataimakin laftana a cikin Rundunar Sojojin Amurka ta 3, kuma an sanya shi ga sansanin soja a Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Ya yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Florida na Biyu
da 'yan asalin Seminole. Ya kasance daga cikin sojojin da suka ba da mamaki da kuma kama Chief "Tiger Tail" kusa da Cedar Keys a watan Nuwamba 1842.