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.
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.
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