<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Waqala ngokushesha inkonzo yakhe yezempi eMpini yaseMexico naseMelika. Phakathi naleyo mpi, wathola isikhundla sokuba ngukaputeni ngenxa yokusebenza kwakhe ezimpini zaseContreras nase  <response>: UChurubusco futhi wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba uLieutenant wokuqala ezinsukwini eziyisithupha kamuva. Ngemva kokubuyela e-United States ngemva kwempi, waba umsizi uprofesa wokudweba eWest Point kusukela ngo-1850 kuya ku-1853 futhi walwa namaSeminole eFlorida kusukela ngo-1856 kuya ku-1858. Wakhushulwa waba yikapteni ngoNovemba 22, 1860. 