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A brief history of the Mormon Battalion, its contribution to the Mexican War and the development of the West. This force of approximately 500 men made the longest infantry march in the history of the US Army. ... The Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War...
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www.three-peaks.net/battalion.htm
www.three-peaks.net/battalion.htm
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Mormon Battalion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mormon Battalion was the only religious unit in American military history, serving from July 1846 to July 1847 during the Mexican-American War. The battalion was a volunteer unit of about 500 La...
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A History of the Mormon Battalion, from the Utah History Encyclopedia. Written by Susan Easton Black. ... In July 1846, under the authority of U.S. Army Captain James Allen and with the encouragement of Mormon leader Brigham Young, the Mormon Battalion was mustered in at Council Bluffs, Iowa Territory.
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www.onlineutah.com/historybattalion.shtml
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The following is a documented, researched roster of the Mormon Battalion. The compiler, MAJ Carl V. Larson US MORMON BATTALION INC., has spent the last 20 years in researching and documenting the names which comprise this roster.
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mormonbattalion.com/history/roster.html
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The Mormon Battalion, a force of some six hundred recruited by the United States Army in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, became witnesses, if not prime movers, of many historical events during the westward expansion of the United States between 1846 and 1855. The story of the battalion (originally comprising more than...
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www.desertusa.com/mag00/oct/papr/mormbat.html
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ... Home Places to Visit Western USA San Diego Mormon Battalion Historic Site ... San Diego Mormon Battalion Historic Site; San Diego, California;
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List of Names in the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War, 1846-1847 ... (from A Concise History of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War, 1846-1847 by Sergeant Daniel Tyler) ... The President of the Mormon saints, Brigham Young, encouraged these brave soles by assuring them that families left behind would be cared for,
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www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iapottaw/mrmnbatt.htm
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In July 1846, under the authority of U.S. Army Captain James Allen and with the encouragement of Mormon leader Brigham Young, the Mormon Battalion was mustered in at Council Bluffs, Iowa Territory.
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historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/trappers,_traders,_a...
historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/trappers,_traders,_and_explorers/mormonbattalion.html
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Captain James Allen enlisted the Mormon Battalion in Western Iowa in July 1846. Following Allen's death, Captain Philip Cook took command of the unit at Sante Fé. His men blazed Cook's wagon road from the Rio Grande River in New Mexico and crossed the continental divide at Guadalupe Pass.
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www.over-land.com/st_mormon.html
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