Description of Medal........................................ 290
Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General
Taylor................................... March 2, 1847... 290
General Taylor to the Adjutant-General of the
Army................................... October 9, 1846... 291

61 LOSS OF THE UNITED STATES BRIG-OF-WAR SOMERS. LXII (p. lxiii)

[_For Having Saved the Lives of Americans._]

Description of Medal........................................ 299
Biographical Sketch of Charles Gushing Wright............... 299
Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to British, French, and
Spanish Officers, etc.................... March 3, 1847... 300
Lieutenant Semmes to Commodore M. C.
Perry,............................... December 10, 1846... 300

62 MAJOR-GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT. LXIII

[_Mexican Campaign._]

Description of Medal........................................ 304
Biographical Sketch of Salathiel Ellis...................... 304
Biographical Sketch of G. C. Humphries...................... 304
Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General
Scott.................................... March 9, 1848... 305
General Scott to the Secretary of War..... March 12, 1847... 305
General Scott to the Secretary of War..... March 23, 1847... 307
General Scott to the Secretary of War..... March 29, 1847... 309
Terms of Capitulation for the Surrender of Vera Cruz, etc... 310
General Scott to the Secretary of War..... April 19, 1847... 311
General Orders No. 111.................... April 17, 1847... 314
General Scott to the Secretary of War.... August 28, 1847... 315
General Scott to the Secretary of
War................................. September 11, 1847... 323
General Scott to the Secretary of
War................................. September 18, 1847... 325
General Orders No. 286................... September, 1847... 334

63 MAJOR-GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR. LXIV

[_Victory of Buena Vista._]

Description of Medal........................................ 336
Biographical Sketch of Frederick Augustus Smith............. 336
Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General
Taylor..................................... May 9, 1848... 336
General Taylor to the Adjutant-General of the
Army..................................... March 6, 1847... 337
General Order Congratulating