HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, PUEBLA, AUG. 6, 1847. GENERAL ORDERS - NO. 249. … SOME DISCREPANCIES, NO DOUBT ACCIDENTAL, EXISTING BETWEEN CERTAIN REPORTS OF SUB-COMMANDERS IN THE BATTLE OF CERRO-GORDO, AND COL. RILEY, ONE OF THOSE COMMANDERS, CONCEIVING THAT NEGLECT OR INJURY HAS THEREBY RESULTED TO A PART OF HIS BRIGADE AS WELL AS TO HIMSELF, THAT OFFICER HAS DEMANDED A COURT OF INQUIRY TO INVESTIGATE THE WHOLE SUBJECT SO FAR AS RESPECTS ANY ALLEGED NEGLECT TO HIMSELF OR ANY PART OF THE BRIGADE.
Puebla, Mexico: 1847. 5-1/4" x 8". 4pp. Signed in ink by H.L. Scott, A.A.A.G., "By command of Major-General Scott." Disbound, spine reinforced, else Very Good.. This is the report of the Court of Inquiry, whose President was Gideon Pillow; its Recorder was Robert Anderson. The Court concludes that the "movements..... More