Soldiers of the Mormon Battalion honored at Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial in Los Angeles
Active
July 1846 – July 1847
Disbanded
1847
Country
United States
Allegiance
United States
United States Army
Army of the West
Garrison/HQ
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas[1]
Engagements
Mexican–American War
California Long March (1846–1847)
Capture of Tucson (1846)
Commanders
Notable commanders
Lieutenant Colonel James Allen (July–August 1846)
Captain Jefferson Hunt (August 1846)
Lieutenant Andrew Jackson Smith (August–October 1846)
Lieutenant Colonel Philip St. George Cooke (October 1846-May 1847)
Captain Jefferson Hunt (May–July 1846)
Military unit
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State of Deseret Territorial Militia
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Whistling and Whittling Brigade
Zion's Camp
Conflicts
1838 Mormon War
Battle at Fort Utah
Battle of Crooked River
Battle Creek massacre
William McBride Massacre (1851)
Morrisite War
Mormon War (Illinois)
Utah War
Wakara's War
Mountain Meadows Massacre
Black Hawk War (1865–1872)
Notable leaders
George M. Hinkle
Joseph Smith
Brigham Young
Sampson Avard
John C. Bennett
Daniel H. Wells
William H. Dame
Lot Smith
Related Topics
Expulsion of Mormons from Jackson County, Missouri
Missouri Executive Order 44
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Alleged to be the Mormon Battalion Flag but likely was not. This flag belonged to the Utah-period Nauvoo Legion"Mormon Battalion Monument" by Edward J. Fraughton, Presidio Park, San Diego, California
The Mormon Battalion was the only religious unit in United States military history in federal service, recruited solely from one religious body and having a religious title as the unit designation.[2] The volunteers served from July 1846 to July 1847 during the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848.[3] The battalion was a volunteer unit of between 534[4][5] and 559[6][Note 1] Latter-day Saint men, led by Mormon company officers commanded by regular U.S. Army officers. During its service, the battalion made a grueling march of nearly 1,950 miles from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to San Diego, California.
The Battalion’s march and service supported the eventual cession of much of the American Southwest from Mexico to the United States, especially the Gadsden Purchase of 1853 of southern Arizona and New Mexico. The march also opened a southern wagon route to California. Veterans of the Battalion played significant roles in America's westward expansion in California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and other parts of the West.
^"Saints March In!".
^Fleek 2006, p. 45.
^Fleek 2006, p. 27
^Black, Susan Easton (1994), Powell, Allen Kent (ed.), Utah History Encyclopedia, Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, archived from the original on April 11, 2013
^"Historic Events", CaliforniaPioneer.org, California Pioneer Heritage Foundation, archived from the original on August 13, 2011, retrieved April 9, 2013
^Lloyd, R. Scott (June 6, 1992), "Monument honoring Mormon Battalion to regain its luster", Church News
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