<prompt> Feleletša polelo e latelago: Miles o belegetšwe Maryland. O ile a aloga go tšwa United States Military Academy ka 1824 gomme a laelwa go ba motlatšamopresidente wa bobedi ka go 4th U.S. Infantry regiment, eupša o ile a fetišetšwa ka bjako go 7th U.S. Infantry Regiment, yeo a šomilego le yona go fihla ka 1847. O hlanketše ka mollwaneng wa ka bodikela gomme a ba mothuši wa 7th U.S. O ile a hlatlošetšwa go ba mokapotene ka June 8, 1836, gomme a lwa ka Dintweng tša Seminole kua Florida go tloga ka 1839 go fihla ka 1842. Mathomong a Ntwa ya Mexico le Amerika, o ile a hwetša tšwetšopele ya go ba molaodi ka baka la boitshwaro bja gagwe bja sebete le bjo bo hlomphegago go šireletšeng Fort Brown, Texas. O ile a lwa Ntweng ya Monterrey le ya  <response>: Go rakelelwa ga Veracruz, yeo ka morago a ilego a e buša e le molaodi wa madira ka dikgwedi tše nne. O ile a kgethwa go ba motlatša-mokolonele wa maemo a godimo bakeng sa boitshwaro bja sebete le bjo bo kgahlišago dintweng tše mmalwa kua Monterrey, Mexico. 