 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mutevedzeri Ripley akashanda muHondo yeMexico neAmerica pamauto aGen. Zachary Taylor naGen. Gideon Pillow, uye akarwa muhondo dzeMonterey, Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco, Molino del Rey, Chapultepec, uye kubatwa kweMexico City. Nokuda kwoushingi hwaakaratidza muhondo, Ripley akapiwa chinzvimbo chokuva kaputeni weCerro Gordo uye mukuru weChapultepec. Akabudisa History of the Mexican War mavhoriyamu maviri, New York, 1849. 