 Akashanda muHondo yeMexico neAmerica naMajor James Duncans Battery A, 2nd U.S. Artillery, kwaakawanzokudzwa nokuda kwe hunhu hwakanaka kubva pachikamu chevanhu vari voga muna 1845 kuburikidza nechinzvimbo chechipiri lieutenant musi waJune 28, 1848, gare gare chakaitwa zvachose mushure mehondo musi waJanuary 26, 1849. Benson akanga aripo neBattery A muhondo dzePalo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterrey, Vera Cruz, uye Churubusco. Akasimuka kusvika pachinzvimbo chechikwata chekutanga mumutungamiri wechikwata chemapurisa muDuncans battery pasi pemukuru wechikamu Lieutenant Henry Jackson Hunt pakukombwa kweMexico City, kunyanya achishanda muHondo yeChapultepec paSan Cosmé Garita. 