<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-1845, uBliss wabamba iqhaza ekuhlaselweni kweRiphabhuliki yaseTexas, ngaphambi kokuba ihlanganiswe ne-United States. Phakathi kuka-Ephreli 1846 noNovemba 1847, wabamba iqhaza eMpini yaseMexico, kuhlanganise nokulwa ezimpini zase  <response>: IPalo Alto, iResaca de la Palma kanye neBuena Vista. Wakhushulwa waba uMajor ngoMeyi 1846, futhi wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba uLieutenant Colonel ngoFebhuwari 1847 ngenxa yenkonzo yakhe enesibindi nenomvuzo. 