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The battalion was a volunteer unit of between 534 [6] [7] and 559 [8] [Note 1] Latter-day Saint men, led by Mormon company officers commanded by regular United States 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 Mormon Battalion was the only religious unit in United States military history to be recruited solely from one religious body and having a religious title as the unit designation. [5] The volunteers served from July 1846 to July 1847 during the Mexican–American War.
The unit was a contingent of about 500 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who forged the first reliable wagon route from New Mexico to California. ... square miles north of ...
The unit was founded at the request of the War Department. [1] Telegram to Brigham Young: . Washington, April 28, 1862 Mr. Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, Utah: By express direction of the President of the United States you are hereby authorized to raise, arm, and equip one company of cavalry for ninety days’ service.
St. David was established as a result of the Mormon Battalion having earlier passed through the San Pedro River valley in 1846. One of the founders of St. David, Philemon C. Merrill, was a member of the battalion. [4] The Mormon settlers of 1877 were part of a group that originally was to settle Lehi, Arizona. [5]
The 4 pound Spanish bronze is in the Mormon Battalion Visitor Center in San Diego, Calif. There is a copy of it in front of the center. The iron Spanish 2 and 6 pound cannons remain in storage in Salt Lake City. When the Mormon Battalion was enlisted in July, 1846, about 450 Model 1816 muskets were issued to the infantry.
The Mormon Battalion Historic Site is a historic site in Old Town, San Diego, California, built in honor of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who served in the United States Army's Mormon Battalion during the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848. [1]