 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Stevens akanga ari mubatsiri weCorps of Engineers munguva yeHondo yeMexico neAmerica, achiona chiito pakukombwa kweVera Cruz uye paCerro Gordo, Contreras, uye Churubusco. Mukurwa kwokupedzisira, akacherechedzwa nevakuru vake, avo vakamupa mubayiro wokupiwa chinzvimbo chechigamba. Akapamhidzirwazve uye akapupurirwa nokuda kwehutano paHondo yeChapultepec, nguva ino kusvika kune mukuru mukuru. Stevens akapinda muhondo paMolino del Rey, uye Hondo yeMexico City, uko akakuvadzwa zvakakomba. Gare gare akanyora bhuku pamusoro pezviitiko zvake, Campaigns of the Rio Grande and Mexico, with Notices of the Recent Work of Major Ripley New York, 1851. 