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Collection Reference Number GLC00911.56
From Archive Folder Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848 
Title General orders: No. 18
Date 15 January 1848
Author Scott, Winfield (1786-1866)  
Additional authors Scott, H. L. (Henry Lee) (1814-1886)
Document Type Military document
Content Description Signed by H.L. Scott. Proceedings from thirteen court martials for charges of drunkenness on guard, absence without permission, violations of various articles of war, mutinous conduct, and unsoldierlike conduct. Lieutenant Colonel Peter W.L. Plympton presiding.
Subjects Military History  Military Law  Mexican War  Latin and South America  Global History and Civics  Alcohol  Mutiny  
People Scott, Winfield (1786-1866)  Scott, H. L. (Henry Lee) (1814-1886)  Plympton, Peter W. L. (fl. 1848-1866)  
Place written Mexico
Theme The Mexican War; Law
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859