<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - uMiles wazalelwa eMaryland. Wathweswa iziqu e-United States Military Academy ngo-1824 futhi wanikezwa isikhundla sokuba yi-brevet second lieutenant e-4th U.S. Infantry regiment, kodwa wadluliselwa ngokushesha e-7th U.S. Infantry Regiment, lapho akhonza khona kwaze kwaba ngo-1847. Wakhonza emngceleni osentshonalanga futhi waba ngumsizi we-7th U.S. Wakhushulwa waba ngukaputeni ngoJuni 8, 1836, futhi walwa ezimpini zaseSeminole eFlorida kusukela ngo-1839 kuya ku-1842. Ekuqaleni kweMpi yaseMexico naseMelika, wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngumphathi ngenxa yokuziphatha kwakhe ngesibindi nokuhloniphekile ekuvikeleni iFort Brown, eTexas. Walwa eMpini yaseMonterrey nasekuvinjezelweni kweVeracruz  <response>: Wabe esebusa njengomphathi wezempi izinyanga ezine. Wamiswa njengolandelanhloko ngenxa yokuziphatha ngesibindi nangenhlonipho ezimpini eziningana eMonterrey, eMexico. 