Resolved

By the senate and house of Representatives of the united states in congress assembled that the thanks of congress are due and are hereby tendered to Brigadier Genl D E Twiggs, Brevet Maj Genl W J Worth Maj Genl G J Pillow and Brigadier Genl James Shields, and through them to the officers and soldiers of the regular and volunteer corps under their command for the gallantry and military skill displayed at the siege and capture of the city of vera Cruz and the castle of san Juan de Ulloa march 1847, at the storming of Cerro Gordo April 1847, at the desperate battles of contreras, san Antonio and churubusco August 1847, and at the san [?] engagements before the city of Mexico September 1847[.]

That the thanks of congress are hereby tendered to Maj Genl R Patterson, and through him to the officers and soldiers under his command for their gallant bearing

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at the Siege of vera cruz and capture of the castle of san Juan de Ulloa and at the victory of cerro Gordo in march and April 1847[.]

That the thanks of congress are due and are hereby tendered to Maj Genl John A Quitman and through him to the officers and men under his command for the heroism and good conduct at the fall of vera cruz and the strong castle of san juan de Ulloa and at the splendid victories achieved by our arms in the [volly?] of Mexico in August and September 1847[.]

That the thanks of congress are due and are hereby tendered to brigadier Genls Franklin Pierce Persifor F Smith and Geo Cadwallader and through them to the officers and men under their command for the military skill and good conduct [exhibited?] by them at the splendid victories obtained by our army [...?] ^in^ the [vally?] and before the city of Mexico August and September 1847[.]

Resolved

That these victories following

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each other in quick succession, and wrung from the enemy under all circumstances, create a doubt which to admire the most—the skill and gallantry of the commanders or the indomitable courage of the soldiers, which prompted this band of heroes to press forward into the heart of the enemies country, overcoming every obstacle, scattering the armies of Mexico like chaff before the wind, until the Most signal triumphs are crowned by the possession of the far famed “halls of the Montezumas[.]”

Resolved that the president of the United states be and he is hereby required to cause to be struck eight gold medals with devices emblematical of [...?] ^the^ series of brilliant victories achieved by the army and that one be presented to each of the Generals named in these resolutions as a testimony of the high sense entertained by congress of their skill and good conduct in the brilliant campaign of 1847[.]

Resolved that the president of the United states be requested to communicate to the Generals

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specified, in the foregoing resolutions in such terms as he may deem best calculated to give effect to the object thereof, and that he be requested to cause and order to be issued that they be read at the head of the several corps of the army[.]