<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UJackson waqala umsebenzi wakhe we-United States Army njengelisekela lomkhuzi e-Company K ye-1st U.S. Artillery Regiment, eqhubekela ePennsylvania, ehla eMfuleni i-Ohio neMississippi eya eNew Orleans, futhi ukusuka lapho amabutho aqala ukuya e-Point Isabel, eTexas futhi athunyelwa ukulwa eMpini yaseMexico naseMelika kusukela ngo-1846 kuya ku-1848. Ibutho likaJackson layalwa ukuba libike kuGeneral Taylor futhi liqhubeke ngokushesha ngeMatamoros naseCamargo liye eMonterey bese liya eSaltillo. Ngaphambi kweMpi yaseBuena Vista, umyalo kaLieutenant Jackson wanikezwa ukuthi ahoxe ebuthweni likaGeneral Taylor futhi ahambe aye emlonyeni weRio Grande, lapho ayezodluliselwa khona eVeracruz. Wakhonza e-  <response>: Ukuvinjezelwa kweVeracruz kanye nezimpi zaseContreras, Chapultepec, naseMexico City, ekugcineni wathola ukukhushulwa kabili, kanye nesikhundla sebutho elivamile somphathi wokuqala. KwakuseMexico lapho uThomas Jackson aqala khona ukuhlangana noRobert E. Lee. 