 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Munguva yeHondo yeMexico neAmerica, semukuru mukuru weU.S. 2nd Infantry, Riley akarwa paKukombwa kweVeracruz uye Hondo yeCerro Gordo, kwaakanzi akashinga. Akakwidziridzwa kuva brigadier general uye akatora kutungamira kwe2nd Brigade muDavid E. Twiggss Second Division. Akatungamirira brigade yake paHondo yeContreras uye Hondo yeChurubusco, uko Winfield Scott akamupa mbiri yekukunda kweU.S.: Riley akanga awana nzira yekumashure kweVelencia. Akagadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru wehondo uye akarwa paChapultepec. Pashure pehondo paChurubusco, akatungamirirawo dare rehondo revapanduki 72 vechikwata chainzi Saint Patricks Battalion vakawanikwa vakavanda mumusha wemamongi weSan Patricios; pakati pavo paiva naJohn Murphy naJohn Riley. Iye aiwanzoonekwa somumwe wevakuru vakuru vehondo vakakwanisa muuto munguva yehondo neMexico. 