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'''Mormon Battalion''' | '''Mormon Battalion''' | ||
In July 1846 Mormon Battalion volunteers were officially organized at Council Bluffs, Iowa, to reinforce the United States Army in California during the Mexican War. The battalion consisted of five companies who enlisted for one year. Due to illness, about a third of the battalion did not complete the two-thousand-mile march but were sent to Pueblo, Colorado. The remaining members arrived in California in January 1847. They served in San Diego and Los Angeles. At the end of the one year, the army tried to reenlist all of its members, but only one company was organized in Los Angeles on 20 July 1847. This company only served for six months. After they were discharged, most battalion members went to Utah. | In July 1846 Mormon Battalion volunteers were officially organized at Council Bluffs, Iowa, to reinforce the United States Army in California during the Mexican War. The battalion consisted of five companies who enlisted for one year. Due to illness, about a third of the battalion did not complete the two-thousand-mile march but were sent to Pueblo, Colorado. The remaining members arrived in California in January 1847. They served in San Diego and Los Angeles. At the end of the one year, the army tried to reenlist all of its members, but only one company was organized in Los Angeles on 20 July 1847. This company only served for six months. After they were discharged, most battalion members went to Utah. | ||
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*{{RecordSearch|1852758|disp=Mormon Battalion Pension Applications, 1846-1923}} | |||
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*Black, Susan Ward Easton. ''Members of the Mormon Battalion: A Sesquicentennial Remembrance''. N.p., [1981?]. (Family History Library {{FHL|2562|title-id|disp=book 973 M2ew; fiche 6019070}}.) Alphabetical listing of members with birth, marriage, death, and rank. Includes a bibliography with 22 sources. This is included in the ''LDS Family History Suite 2''. | *Black, Susan Ward Easton. ''Members of the Mormon Battalion: A Sesquicentennial Remembrance''. N.p., [1981?]. (Family History Library {{FHL|2562|title-id|disp=book 973 M2ew; fiche 6019070}}.) Alphabetical listing of members with birth, marriage, death, and rank. Includes a bibliography with 22 sources. This is included in the ''LDS Family History Suite 2''. | ||
*Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Camp of Israel (Iowa). ''Return List of Company A, and Company B of the Mormon Battalion to Council Bluffs, 16 July 1846. Included with Record of the Organization of the Camp of Israel.... ''Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1954. (Family History Library {{FHL|169014|title-id|disp=film 1922 item 3}}). Names are in alphabetical order within each company and rank. It is transcribed and indexed in: | *Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Camp of Israel (Iowa). ''Return List of Company A, and Company B of the Mormon Battalion to Council Bluffs, 16 July 1846. Included with Record of the Organization of the Camp of Israel.... ''Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1954. (Family History Library {{FHL|169014|title-id|disp=film 1922 item 3}}). Names are in alphabetical order within each company and rank. It is transcribed and indexed in: | ||