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What people are saying - Write a reviewReview: The Mormon Battalion: Its History and AchievementsUser Review - Chad - GoodreadsA quick read that gives detailed and accurate information about the Mormon Battalion and its march. Definitely a must read for those interested in Church history, military history, or the California Gold Rush. Read full review Review: The Mormon Battalion: Its History and AchievementsUser Review - Daren - GoodreadsSo dry and detailed account, that the reader's attention is drawn to the description itself, rather than to the actual events being described. Read full review Related booksOther editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesAngeles army arrived Bancroft Battalion members Battalion's march Bigler Brigham Young Cali called Cape Horn capitol grounds Captain Allen Captain Brown Captain Hunt coast command Council Bluffs desert discovery of gold Doniphan's Expedition ernment families five hundred followed fornia Fremont Gadsden Treaty George Stoneman Gila Governor Mason History of Brigham honor Indian irrigation January Jefferson Hunt journey Kane Kearny land Leavenworth letter Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Little Little's Report march of infantry Marshall Mexican Mexico miles military Missouri month Mormon Bat Mormon Battalion Mormon leaders Mormon Volunteers Mount Pisgah mules mustered Nauvoo officers Pacific pioneer company President Polk Pueblo detachment re-enlisted route Salt Lake City Salt Lake Valley San Diego San Francisco San Luis Rey sand Santa Fe says sent soldiers Sonora southern Sutter's talion teams thousand tion Tucson Tyler Tyler's Battalion United westward Willis wire Popular passagesPage 32 - our mules by herding them over large tracts, which you have laboriously guarded without loss. The garrison of four presidios of Sonora concentrated within the walls of Tucson, gave us no pause. We drove them out, with their artillery, but our intercourse with the citizens was Page 10 - people to stand ready at your call, and that the whole body of the people will act as one man in the land to which we are going, and should our territory be invaded we hold ourselves ready to enter the field of battle, and then like our patriot fathers * * * make the battlefield our grave or gain Page 33 - Smith and George Stoneman, of the First Dragoons, have shared and given invaluable aid in all these labors. "Thus volunteers, you have exhibited some high and essential qualities of veterans. But much remains undone. Soon, you will turn your attention to the drill, to system and order, to forms also, which are all necessary to the soldier. "By order Page 43 - Monday 24 (January) : This day some kind of metal was found in the tail race that looks like gold." "Jan 30th: Clear, and has been all the last week. Our metal has been tried and proves to be gold. It is thought to be rich. We have picked up more than a hundred dollars' worth this week. Page 1 - The Lieutenant-Colonel commanding congratulates the Battalion on their safe arrival on the shores of the Pacific ocean, and the conclusion of their march of over two thousand miles. History will be searched in vain for an equal march of infantry. Page 12 - not, however, to a number exceeding one-third of your entire force. Should they enter the service they will be paid as other volunteers, and you can allow them to designate, so far as it can be properly done, the persons to act as officers."* Page v - The afternoon before their departure a "ball" was given in their honor. Of this "ball," Col. Kane says: "A more merry dancing rout I have never seen, though the company went without refreshments and their ball room was of the most primitive kind. [Under a bowery where the ground had been trodden firm and hard by frequent use] To the canto of Page 6 - If our government shall offer any facilities for emigrating to the western coast, embrace those facilities, if possible. As a wise and faithful man, take every honorable advantage of the times you can,." Page 33 - of California, after a single day's rest, you cheerfully turned off from the route to this point of promised repose, to enter upon a campaign, and meet, as we supposed, the approach of an enemy; and this, too, without even salt to season your sole subsistence of fresh meat. "Lieutenants A J. Smith and George Stoneman, of the First Dragoons, have shared and given Page 30 - The road wound through smooth green valleys, and over very lofty hills, equally smooth and green. From the top of one of these hills, was caught the first and a magnificent view of the great ocean; and by rare chance, perhaps, it was so calm that it shone as a mirror. References from web pagesBH Roberts - Studies of the Book of Mormon 【楽天市場】The Mormon Battalion: Its History and Achievements ... Roberts bh | English Bookstore in Czech Republic Bibliographic information
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