 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa muSt. Louis, Missouri, Paul akanga ari muzukuru waRené Auguste Chouteau. Akapedza kudzidza muna 1834 paUnited States Military Academy, ari wechi18 pavana 36 vomukirasi yake. Akashanda semukuru mukuru mu7th U.S. Infantry panguva yeSeminole Wars uye Hondo yeMexico neAmerica. Akakuvadzwa muHondo yeCerro Gordo, asi akapora kuti ashumire munhimbe yokukunda Mexico City. Akatungamirira boka rokurwisa rakapamba mureza weMexico pakurwiswa kweChapultepec. 