The Mormon Battalion, Its History and Achievements
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
Genre(s): War & Military, History
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | The March of the Battalion Compared With Other Historical Marches. | Wayne Cooke |
00:07:24 |
| Play 02 | The Call of the Battalion. | Wayne Cooke |
00:27:50 |
| Play 03 | Advantages and Disadvantages in the Call of the Battalion. | Wayne Cooke |
00:11:06 |
| Play 04 | The March of the Battalion From Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe. | Wayne Cooke |
00:11:19 |
| Play 05 | The March of the Battalion From Santa Fe to the Mouth of the Gila. | Wayne Cooke |
00:20:06 |
| Play 06 | The March of the Battalion From the Colorado to the Pacific Ocean. | Wayne Cooke |
00:17:29 |
| Play 07 | The Battalion in California. | Wayne Cooke |
00:06:41 |
| Play 08 | Record of the Battalion in California. | Wayne Cooke |
00:32:17 |
| Play 09 | The Battalion in the Perspective of Seventy-Three Years. | Wayne Cooke |
00:10:15 |
| Play 10 | The Subsequent Distinction Achieved by the Battalion's Commanding Officers. | Wayne Cooke |
00:03:16 |
| Play 11 | Anecdotes. | Wayne Cooke |
00:07:56 |
| Play 12 | ADDENDA. The Battalion's Monument. | Wayne Cooke |
00:15:30 |