Utah Territorial Militia
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The Utah Territorial Militia, also known as the Nauvoo Legion, was the territorial Militia for the Mormon forces in the Territory of Utah in the United States.
Weapons used by the Utah Territorial Militia, located in Richfield Utah
The alleged Nauvoo Legion Flag. It is not known if it was used in Nauvoo, Illinois, or in the later Nauvoo Legion Utah period. It may have also been used by the Mormon Battalion in the U.S. Army during the Mexican–American War (1846–1847).
Last Public Address of Lieutenant General Joseph Smith
Utah War
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The Utah War, also known as the Utah Expedition, the Utah Campaign, Buchanan's Blunder, the Mormon War, or the Mormon Rebellion, was an armed confrontation between the armed forces of the US governmen
Utah Territorial Militia
…by Chief Walkara ("Walker"). Twenty Mormon militiamen and many Native Americans died in the Walker War. The Nauvoo Legion was called up again in the Utah War against Federal troops entering Utah in the "Utah Expedition" from 1857 to 1858. They employed tactics of supply destruction and avoided direct fighting…
American officers during the Utah War
Governor Brigham Young was appointed to office by President Millard Fillmore in 1850.
President James Buchanan was inaugurated in March 1857. The Presidential campaign of 1856 featured extensive denunciation of polygamy and Mormon governance in Utah.
Senator Stephen A. Douglas was a leading proponent of popular sovereignty.