<prompt> Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Akagadzwa kubva kuPennsylvania kuenda kuUnited States Military Academy paWest Point, achipedza kudzidza muna 1822, ari wechi26 mukirasi yake yavanhu 40. Basa rake rakamuendesa kuFlorida, zvikurukuru munzvimbo yePensacola. Akafarikanya nguva yake muPensacola, achinyora kakawanda pamusoro poupenyu hwake ikoko somutevedzeri wechipiri. Akakwidziridzwa kuva 1st Lieutenant pashure pemakore manomwe uye, muna 1846, kusvika pachinzvimbo chekaputeni. Akagoverwa ku1st U.S. Infantry ipapo 4th U.S. Infantry asati ashanda semubatsiri-de-musasa kuna Gen. Edmund P. Gaines mukutanga kweSecond Seminole War. Akazvizivisa panguva yeHondo yeMexico neAmerica pasi paZachary Taylor, achigamuchira kukwidziridzwa kwepatent kusvika kumukuru wepamusoro nekuda kwekushinga paPalo Alto  <response>: uye kune mukuru mukuru weResaca de la Palma. Vagari vomuFiladelphia vaitungamirira vakamuratidza kuonga nokumupa bakatwa paakadzokera kuguta racho muna 1847. Musi waAugust 30, 1851, pazera remakore 49, akaroorwa naElizabeth McMurtrie. Roorano yacho yakanga iri inofadza, uye vanakomana vanenge vaviri nomwanasikana mumwe vakaberekerwa varoorani vacho. Akasiya basa pashure pemakore 31 ari colonel uye Inspector General weArmy muna 1853. 