The Mormon Battalion, Its History and Achievements

Number of Chapters: 12

Length: 02 hours and 51 minutes

Language: English

A history of the Longest March of Military in History. 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. In 1847, as the Mormons were in Iowa heading West, after being driven out of their homes in Nauvoo, Illinois, the U.S. Army requested 500 volunteers to assist in the Mexican-American War effort. From July 1847 to July 1848 the battalion made a grueling march of nearly 2,100 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.

This is their story.

- Summary by Wayne Cooke

The March of the Battalion Compared With Other Historical Marches. (Wayne Cooke)

The Call of the Battalion. (Wayne Cooke)

Advantages and Disadvantages in the Call of the Battalion. (Wayne Cooke)

The March of the Battalion From Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe. (Wayne Cooke)

The March of the Battalion From Santa Fe to the Mouth of the Gila. (Wayne Cooke)

The March of the Battalion From the Colorado to the Pacific Ocean. (Wayne Cooke)

The Battalion in California. (Wayne Cooke)

Record of the Battalion in California. (Wayne Cooke)

The Battalion in the Perspective of Seventy-Three Years. (Wayne Cooke)

The Subsequent Distinction Achieved by the Battalion's Commanding Officers. (Wayne Cooke)

Anecdotes. (Wayne Cooke)

ADDENDA. The Battalion's Monument. (Wayne Cooke)

The audiobook The Mormon Battalion, Its History and Achievements falls under the genres of War & Military, History. It is written by B. H. Roberts.

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