<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Wakhethwa ePennsylvania ukuba aye e-United States Military Academy eWest Point, waphothula ngo-1822, engu-26 ekilasini lakhe labangu-40. Inkonzo yakhe yamyisa eFlorida, ikakhulukazi endaweni yasePensacola. Wajabulela isikhathi sakhe ePensacola, ebhala kaningi ngokuphila kwakhe lapho njengo 2nd Lieutenant. Wakhushulwa waba yi-First Lieutenant ngemuva kweminyaka eyisikhombisa futhi, ngo-1846, waba ngukaputeni. Wabelwa i-1st U.S. Infantry wabe esebelwa i-4th U.S. Infantry ngaphambi kokukhonza njengomsizi ka-General Edmund P. Gaines ekuqaleni kweMpi Yesibili YaseSeminole. Wazibonakalisa ngesikhathi seMpi yaseMexico neMelika ngaphansi kukaZachary Taylor, ethola ukukhushulwa kwe-brevet kuya ku-major ngenxa yesibindi ngesikhathi  <response>: UPalo Alto kanye no-Lt. Colonel waseResaca de la Palma. Abantu baseFiladelfiya abavelele ababembonga bamnika inkemba lapho ebuyela edolobheni ngo-1847. Ngo-August 30, 1851, eneminyaka engu-49, washada no-Elizabeth McMurtrie. Umshado wawujabulise, futhi lo mbhangqwana waba okungenani namadodana amabili nendodakazi eyodwa. Wathatha umhlalaphansi eneminyaka engu-31 esebenza njengekholonili futhi uMhloli Jikelele Wezempi ngo-1853. 