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Territorial militia for Utah Territory from 1852 to 1887
The Utah Territorial Milita also known as the Nauvoo Legion was the territorial Milita for the United States Territory of Utah.[1]
Utah Territorial Milia
Officers and troops of the Third Regiment of Nauvoo Legion as reformed in Utah.[2]
Active
1852–1887
Disbanded
1887
Country
United States State of Deseret (1857–1858)
Allegiance
Utah Territory
Type
Territorial Milita
Role
Territorial Milita
Engagements
American Civil War Utah War
Commanders
Notable commanders
Brigham Young
Daniel H. Wells
Hosea Stout
Robert T. Burton
Stephen S. Harding
William H. Dame Dimick B. Huntington
Military unit
Part of a series on
Mormon Militias
Lieutenant General Joseph Smith Addresses the Nauvoo Legion
Military Units
Caldwell County Militia
Danite
Lot Smith Cavalry Company
Mormon Battalion
Nauvoo Legion
Spartan Band
State of Deseret Territorial Militia
Utah Territorial Militia
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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^"Utah Wars and Conflicts". www.archives.utah.gov. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
^Young, Brigham, and Everett L. Cooley. Diary of Brigham Young, 1857. Tanner Trust Fund, University of Utah Library, 1980 found online at:https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=328944 page 31
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Global Information
State of Deseret (1857–1858)