<prompt> Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna Chivabvu 1846, Buckner akasiya chinzvimbo chake chekudzidzisa kuti arwe muhondo yeMexico neAmerica, achinyoresa ne6th U.S. Infantry Regiment. Mabasa ake okutanga aisanganisira kuunganidza varwi nokuvaendesa kumuganhu weTexas. Muna November 1846, akarayirwa kuti abatane nekambani yake mumunda; akavasangana munzira pakati peMonclova neParras. Kambani yakabatana naJohn E. Wool paSaltillo. MunaJanuary 1847, Buckner akarayirwa kuVera Cruz neWilliam J. Worths division. Apo Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott akakomba Vera Cruz  <response>: , chikwata chaBuckner chakatarisana nezviuru zvishomanene zvevatasvi vamabhiza vokuMexico mutaundi riri pedyo rinonzi Amazoque. 