<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-May 1846, uBuckner wasula esikhundleni sakhe sokuba uthisha ukuze alwe eMpini yaseMexico naseMelika, wabhalisa e-US 6th Infantry Regiment. Imisebenzi yakhe yokuqala yayihlanganisa ukuqoqa amasosha nokuwaletha emngceleni waseTexas. NgoNovemba 1846, watshelwa ukuba ajoyine inkampani yakhe ensimini; wahlangana nabo endleleni phakathi kweMonclova neParras. Le nkampani yajoyina uJohn E. Wool eSaltillo. NgoJanuwari 1847, uBuckner wathunyelwa eVera Cruz nebutho likaWilliam J. Worth. Ngesikhathi uMajor General Winfield Scott  <response>: Lapho ibutho likaBuckner livimbezela iVera Cruz, labhekana nezinkulungwane ezimbalwa zabamahhashi baseMexico edolobheni eliseduze elibizwa ngokuthi i-Amazoque. 