Description of Medal........................................ 281 Biographical Sketch of Zachary Taylor....................... 281 Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Taylor........................... July 16, 1846... 282 General Taylor to the Adjutant-General of the Army....................................... May 9, 1846... 282 General Taylor to the Adjutant-General of the Army....................................... May 9, 1846... 283 General Order Congratulating the Army....... May 11, 1846... 284 General Taylor to the Adjutant-General of the Army...................................... May 16, 1846... 285 The Secretary of War to Doctor Patterson............................. December 9, 1846... 287 Doctor Patterson to the Secretary of War.................................. December 12, 1846... 288 60 MAJOR-GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR. LXI [_Taking of Monterey._] 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