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POLK, JAMES K. President. Printed document signed ("James K Polk") as President, countersigned by Sec. of War William L. Marcy, Washington, D.C., 25 November 1848. 1 page, oblong folio, 254 x 404 mm. (10 x 15 15/16 in.). A brevet appointment for a Private William W. Goodwin of Company A, 5th Regiment of Infantry having distinguished himself in the service of the United States...in the Battle of Molino del Rey." Fine.
A Mexican War brevet for gallantry in the relatively insignificant but bloody battle of Molina dey Rey (8 September 1847) as Winfield Scott's army moved on Chapultepec and Mexico City.
A Mexican War brevet for gallantry in the relatively insignificant but bloody battle of Molina dey Rey (8 September 1847) as Winfield Scott's army moved on Chapultepec and Mexico City.