<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Patterson akagadzwa mukuru mukuru wevazvipiri pakatanga Hondo yeMexico neAmerica uye akatungamirira 2nd Division, Army of Occupation, panguva yeTampico Expedition. Akanga achifungidzirwa nokuda kwokutungamira kwechiitiko kuVeracruz iyo pakupedzisira yakaenda kuna Winfield Scott. Iye, zvisinei, akaiswa mukutungamira kweDhivhizheni yeVanozvipira yechiitiko uye akaona chiito munguva ye  <response>: Kukombwa kweVeracruz uye muhondo yeCerro Gordo, kwaakakuvadzwa. Akatungamirira kuronda kweAmerica kweuto reMexico uye akanga ari wokutanga kupinda muJalapa. Apo uto reU.S. rakanga riri paJalapa, Patterson akadzokera kuU.S. nemamwe mapoka evazvipiri avo nguva yavo yokunyoresa yakanga yapera. Akabva atangazve bhizimisi rake kuPennsylvania, kwaakawana michina 30 yokugadzira donje uye akapfuma chaizvo. Patterson akava mumwe wevaridzi vemafekitari makuru muUnited States uye aibatanidzwa zvikuru mumafekitari okuchenesa shuga uye muminda yekotoni. Akanga arizve munhu ane simba mune zvematongerwe enyika muPhiladelphia. 