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 of Col. Riley's brigade had an important influence in the achievement of that brilliant victory, that Col. Riley had an active participation in them, and that his conduct and that of his command should be suitably noticed in the Official Report of his superiors.