The Mormon Battalion was the only religious unit in United States military history in federal service, recruited solely from one religious body and having...

following: 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment 2d Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment 2d Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry...

The Mormon pioneers were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), also known as Latter-day Saints, who migrated beginning...

during the winter of 1849/50. It was first mined by veterans of the Mormon Battalion in 1849 after their discharge in 1847. They did not stay very long...

The Mormon Battalion Historic Site is a historic site in Old Town, San Diego, California, built in honor of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of...

Saints. The first presence of Latter-day Saints in Arizona was the Mormon Battalion. They marched through what is now southern Arizona in 1846 on the way...

The Mormon Trail is the 1,300-mile (2,100 km) long route from Illinois to Utah on which Mormon pioneers (members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...

For the monument in New Mexico, see Mormon Battalion Monument (Sandoval County, New Mexico). The Mormon Battalion Monument is a historic bronze statue...

Mexican-American War, the Latter-day Saints participated by enlisting the Mormon Battalion, a group of over 500 volunteers who served as a unit of the United...

For the 1969 monument in San Diego, California, see Mormon Battalion Monument. The Mormon Battalion Monument is a historic obelisk in rural Sandoval County...

members re-enacted the arrival of the Mormon Battalion in California 150 years earlier. Other Mormon Battalion celebrations along the coast followed on...

The 1838 Mormon War, also known as the Missouri Mormon War, was a conflict between Mormons and non-Mormons in Missouri from August to November 1838, the...

western pioneer, soldier, and politician. He was a captain in the Mormon Battalion, brigadier general in the California State Militia, a California State...

Kearny/Stockton/Frémont Feud: The Mormon Battalion's Most Significant Contribution in California." Journal of Mormon History 37.3 (2011): 229–257. online...

combatants were provisional Mexican Army troops and the American Army's "Mormon Battalion". Tucson temporarily 'fell' in December 1846 without resistance but...

James Allen to create the Mormon Battalion.: 237  Kane met many leaders of the church, and became a popular figure among Mormon emigrants.: 242  Miller's...

Douglas museum in Salt Lake City. The 4 pound Spanish bronze is in the Mormon Battalion Visitor Center in San Diego, Calif. The is a copy of it in front of...

persecution of Mormons, Lot's mother was one of many Mormons who died and were buried in Iowa territory. At sixteen, Smith joined the Mormon Battalion and served...

of gold at Sutter's Mill in California. He was also a member of the Mormon Battalion, a missionary, notable writer and speaker, and a prolific husband and...

Utah Campaign, Buchanan's Blunder, the Mormon War, or the Mormon Rebellion, was an armed confrontation between Mormon settlers in the Utah Territory and the...

into California. Mormon Battalion The Mormon Battalion served from July 1846 to July 1847 during the Mexican–American War. The battalion was a volunteer...

contingent of soldiers made up of some 339 Mormon men and six Mormon women, known as the Mormon Battalion, were the builders of that new road over the...

Missouri to Commerce, Illinois, which he renamed Nauvoo. Aiming to win the Mormon voting bloc, Illinois Democrats and Whigs (including Abraham Lincoln) passed...

Sierras to Salt Lake City on a new route built by veterans of the Mormon Battalion. Their Mormon Emigrant Trail through Carson Pass became the main route west...

in the advanced pioneer company. Two of Tanner's sons were in the Mormon Battalion. He settled in Cottonwood, Utah Territory where he died in 1850. T...

for volunteers to form the Mormon Battalion. He returned to Garden Grove and was one of the first to volunteer. The Battalion marched to Santa Fe, Tucson...

Layton, Utah. His work specializes on Mormon military history, particularly the history of the Mormon Battalion during the Mexican–American War. He has...

Mormons have numerous significant instances of violence throughout their history as a religious group. In the early history of the United States, violence...

join Company B of the Mormon Battalion, United States Army, and marched with them to San Diego as a private. He and other Battalion members marched from...

Mormons" and "Mormon Battalion" P. St. George Cooke, commanding the battalion under orders from Gen Kearny used the name, "Mormon Battalion" when reporting...