Northwestern Missouri, United States (Caldwell County, Carroll County, Daviess County, Livingston County)
Result
Missourian victory
Mormons expelled from Missouri and resettled in Nauvoo, Illinois.
Belligerents
Missouri
Missouri Volunteer Militia
Mormons
Caldwell County Militia
Mormon Missouri Volunteer Militia defectors
Danites
Commanders and leaders
Lilburn Boggs Samuel Bogart Thomas Jennings Samuel D. Lucas
Joseph Smith (de facto) George M. Hinkle Sampson Avard David W. Patten †
Casualties and losses
1 killed
21 killed (including 17 at Haun's Mill's massacre)
Unknown wounded unknown civilian deaths
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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 first of the three "Mormon Wars".
Some members of the Latter Day Saint movement had begun settling in Jackson County, Missouri in 1831. However, tensions with non-Mormon residents led to episodes of anti-Mormon violence, and Mormons were violently evicted from Jackson County in 1833. The displaced Mormons re-settled in neighboring counties, where tensions and attempts to evict them resumed. Eventually, the Missouri legislature created Caldwell County in 1836 as a sanctuary for Mormon settlement, which became known as the "Caldwell Compromise".
Tensions reignited in 1838, when a brawl erupted at an election in Gallatin after some Missourians tried to block the Mormons from voting. In Carroll County, where settlers alleged the Mormons were in violation of the Compromise, a mob laid siege to the town of DeWitt demanding the Mormons' departure. The siege was joined by members of the Missouri Volunteer Militia who had been sent there to disperse the mob and settle the peace. Violence culminated in the Battle of Crooked River in late October, which led to Lilburn Boggs, the Governor of Missouri, issuing the Missouri Executive Order 44, ordering the Mormons to leave Missouri or be killed. On November 1, 1838, the Mormons surrendered at Far West, ending the war. Mormon leaders were accused of treason and sent to Liberty, where they stayed in custody until April, when they were transferred to a Daviess County prison. While traveling to Daviess County, the guards released Joseph Smith and the other Mormon prisoners. After their release, Smith joined with the Mormons who were gathering in Nauvoo, Illinois.
During the conflict, 22 people were killed: three Mormons and one non-Mormon at the Battle of Crooked River,[1] one Mormon prisoner fatally injured while in custody,[2] and 17 Mormon civilians at Hawn's Mill.[3] An unknown number of non-combatants died due to exposure and hardship as a result of being expelled from their homes in Missouri.[4] All of the conflicts in the Mormon War occurred in a corridor 100 miles (160 km) to the east and northeast of Kansas City.
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