<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Phakathi neMpi YaseMexico neMelika, uLeonard Ross wavolontiya e-4th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, wabhalisa ngoJuni 1846. Wakhushulwa esikhundleni sokuba yi-soldat waba yi-first lieutenant ngoSepthemba 4, 1846, ngumphathi ophethe, uKaputeni Lewis W. Ross, umfowabo omdala. Encwadini ayibhalela umkakhe, uKaputeni Ross waphawula ukuthi uLeonard uyazijabulela kakhulu iziqu zakhe futhi uzoba yisikhulu esihle kakhulu. Akanabo isithunzi sic engimnika sona ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka ngenxa yensalela enganginayo yalesi sihloko. ULeonard Ross kamuva wadlala izindima ezivelele ezimpini eziningi, kuhlanganise nokuvinjezelwa kweVeracruz  <response>: neMpi yaseCerro Gordo. Ngokwenothi elisemqulwini wokubuthwa okwasayinwa uKaputeni Ross futhi elangomhla ka - April 30, 1847, uLieutenant Ross wayethumele incwadi yokwesula emsebenzini ngalolo suku futhi wayesebuyele ekhaya evela empini. Nokho, futhi uCaptain Ross waphawula ukuthi ukwesula kukaLieutenant Ross akuzange kwamukelwe, ngakho-ke wabhekwa ngokusemthethweni njengongekho ngaphandle kwekhefu, nakuba ngokusobala kwakungekho miphumela emibi. I-State Historical Society yase-Iowa inikeze umbiko obanzi wenkonzo kaLeonard Ross phakathi neMpi yaseMexico naseMelika. 