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The commander of the Army of the West, who was about to start for Santa Fe, on receiving these dispatches, at once detailed Captain James Allen to proceed to the camps of the Saints, muster the battalion, and march them to Fort Leavenworth, where they would be armed and prepared for the field. Thence he was to lead them to Santa Fe, in the trail of General Kearney and the main army. Captain Allen, accompanied by three dragoons, reached Mount Pisgah on the 26th of June. Elder Little and Colonel Kane, who were on the way thither, had not yet arrived. Here we touch the point in our narrative from which digression was made in order to explain more fully the call for the Mormon Battalion.
At sight of the recruiting officer and his men, the Mormons at Mount Pisgah were at first somewhat alarmed, supposing them to be the vanguard of a United States army sent to intercept them. The threat of Messrs. Benson and Company, conveyed in Elder Brannan's letter, relative to disarming and dispersing the Saints if their leaders
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refused to sign away their rights, was probably known at Mount Pisgah, and its fulfillment now seemed imminent. But Captain Allen soon explained his errand to Apostle Woodruff and the High Council of the Stake," and the first thrill of excitement subsided. The fol- lowing "Circular to the Mormoms" set forth more in detail the import of the officer's visit:
CIRCULAR TO THE MORMONS.
I have come among you, instructed by Col. S. F. Kearney of the U. S. army, now commanding the Army of the West, to visit the Mormon camp, and to accept the service for twelve months of four or five companies of Mormon men who may be willing to serve their country for that period in our present war with Mexico; this force to unite with the Army of the West at Santa Fe, and be marched thence to California, where they will be discharged.
They will receive pay and rations, and other allowances, such as other volunteers or regular soldiers receive, from the day they shall be mustered into the service, and will be entitled to all comforts and benefits of regular soldiers of the army, and when discharged, as contemplated, at California, they will be given gratis their arms and accoutrements, with which they will be fully equipped at Fort Leavenworth. This is offered to the Mor- mon people now. This year an opportunity of sending a portion of their young and intelligent men to the ultimate destination of their whole people, and entirely at the expense of the United States, and this advanced party can thus pave the way and look out the land for their brethren to come after them.
Those of the Mormons who are desirous of serving their country, on the conditions here enumerated, are requested to [meet me without delay at their principal camp at the Council Bluffs, whither I am going to consult with their principal men, and to receive and organize the force contemplated to be raised.
I will receive all healthy, able-bodied men of from eigliteen to forty-five years of age.
J. ALLEN, Captain 1st Dragoons.
Camp of the Mormons, at Mount Pisgah, one hundred and thirty-eight miles east of Council Bluffs, June 26th, 1846.
NOTE .- I hope to complete the organization of this battalion in six days after my reaching Council Bluffs, or within nine days from this time.
Carrying letters of introduction from the authorities at Mount Pisgalı to the leaders at Council Bluffs, Captain Allen hurried on to the Missouri, whither he was preceded by a special messenger, sent by Apostle Woodruff to inform the President of his coming.
* These "traveling Stakes of Zion," like other stakes, had their High Councils and all needful equipment, spiritual and temporal.
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The surprise, almost dismay, with which the main body of the Mormons received the startling news-startling indeed to them- that the United States government had demanded five hundred of their best men, to march to California and take part in the war against Mexico, may well be imagined. What! the nation which, according to their view, had virtually thrust them from its borders, permitted mobs to plunder them, rob them of their homes, murder their prophets, and drive them into the wilderness, now calling upon them for aid? Had that nation ever helped them in their extremity ? Had not their appeals for succor and protection, addressed to Gover- nors, Judges and Presidents invariably been ignored or denied? Five hundred able-bodied men, the pick and flower of the camp, wanted. And that, too, in an Indian country, in the midst of an exodus unparalleled for dangers and hardships, when every active man was needed as a bulwark of defense and a staff for the aged and feeble. Even delicate women, thus far, in some instances had been driving teams and tending stock, owing to the limited number of men avail- able. And had they not already buried, in lonely prairie graves, many of their sick and helpless ones, who had perished from sheer lack of needed care impossible to bestow? Such was the subject as it presented itself to them. Such were among their thoughts and reflections at that hour.
And yet it was their country calling; that country to which their pilgrim ancestors had fled; for which their patriot sires had fought and suffered, whose deeds of heroism were among their highest and holiest traditions. America, land of liberty, land of Zion, the place for the Holy City which they or their children must yet uprear upon her chosen and consecrated soil! Such also were among their reflections.
What was to be done? What would their leaders decide to do? Queries, these, that flew like lightning, as the news of the coming of the government's agent sped from place to place, and from tent to tent, through all the "Camps of Israel." Not long were they left unanswered.
Levi Richards
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" You shall have your battalion, Captain Allen," said Brigham Young; that officer having arrived at the Bluffs, met the Mormon leaders, and made known to them his errand in person. It was the 1st of July. There were present, besides the Captain and the President, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, Orson Pratt, Willard Richards, George A. Smith, John Taylor, John Smith and Levi Richards. "You shall have your battalion," said Brigham determinedly, "and if there are not young men enough, we will take the old men, and if they are not enough, we will take the women," he added, a touch of grim humor tempering the sternness of his resolve. There not being enough able-bodied men on the Missouri to meet the requisition, back went three of the Apostles-Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball and Willard Richards-to Mount Pisgah, in the role of recruiting sergeants. There they met Colonel Kane and Elder Little, the former, chaperoned by the latter, having come to visit the camps. From them they learned more fully of the avowed purpose of the government in calling for the Mormon volun- teers.
The leaders were not convinced, however, that the call was not designed as a test of Mormon loyalty; nor were they converted from that view on hearing later, from a source esteemed reliable, that their inveterate foe, Senator Benton, of Missouri, had obtained from President Polk after the call was issued, a pledge that if the Mormons refused to respond, United States troops should be sent to cut off their route, disarm and disperse them. Of this they were yet unaware. Still they regarded the demand for the troops-"demand" they styled it-as designed to test their loyalty, and the opportunity to prove their fealty and stultify their traducers, who were insisting that they were traitors and aliens to their country, was one not to be lost.
Volunteers were enrolled at Mount Pisgah, and messengers sent to Garden Grove and other places, as far back as Nauvoo, to summon to head-quarters young men, old men and boys, to fill up the gaps in camp created by the enlistment of the Battalion. Men were
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detailed especially to look after the families of the volunteers in their absence. The President and his party then returned to Council Bluffs, Colonel Kane going also, and on the arrival there of the Pisgah volunteers the muster was completed. Colonel Kane thus speaks of the event: "A central mass meeting for council, some harangues at the more remotely scattered camps, an American flag brought out from the store-house of things rescued and hoisted to the top of a tree-mast, and in three days the force was reported, mustered, organized and ready to march."
What were the Mormons doing with that "American flag?" What use had they for the Stars and Stripes, and why were they bringing with them into the wilderness-into Mexico-the sacred banner of their sires, if they were indeed traitors and aliens, as their enemies so persistently asserted? Was it all a trick, a political and hypocritical master-stroke? Had they foreseen this test of their fealty, and prepared that banner as a proof of their patriotism before- hand, as calcium light and red-fire are prepared and held in readi- ness for a theatrical tableau? If as much were to be asserted in rela- tion to that event, it would be no more than the Mormons have had to meet ever since that hour from their accusers. Such of these as are honest and sincere in their assertions have never understood the Mormons aright.
"I want to say to every man," said Brigham Young, in his farewell address to the Battalion,-"the Constitution of the United States, as framed by our fathers, was dictated, was revealed, was put into their hearts by the Almighty, and I tell you in the name of Jesus Christ it is as good as ever I could ask for. I say unto you, magnify the laws. There is no law in the United States, or in the Constitution, but I am ready to make honorable." He had before remarked to Colonel Kane-re-uttering an idea formerly advanced by Joseph Smith-that the time would come when the Saints would "have to save the Government of the United States, or it would crumble to atoms." A people who cherish such sentiments may seem fanatical, but they certainly are not disloyal.
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After a farewell ball in Father Taylor's "bowery,"# where to the music of violin, horn, triangle, bells and tamborine, the glowing hours of a midsummer afternoon were cheerily, merrily chased and consumed, the advance companies of the Battalion set out for Fort Leavenworth. The date of the enlistment was the 16th of July. In all, the Battalion numbered five hundred and forty-nine souls. As many of these volunteers had much to do with the early settlement of Utah and were virtually among the pioneers of the Territory, we deem it but proper to here preserve the record of their names. The various companies and the personnel of each were as follows:
LIST OF NAMES IN THE MORMON BATTALION.
COMPANY A.
Officers.
·
Jefferson Hunt, Captain. George W. Oman, 1st Lieutenant.
Alexander McCord, 4th Sergeant. Gilbert Hunt, 1st Corporal. Lafayette N. Frost, 2nd Corporal.
Lorenzo Clark, 2nd Lieutenant.
William W. Willis, 3rd Lieutenant, (1st Sergeant at Muster In.)
Thomas Weir, 3rd Corporal (Private at M. O.) William S. Muir, 4th Corporal (Private at M. I., 1st Sergeant at Muster Out.)
James Ferguson, Sergeant Major.
Phinehas R. Wright, 1st Sergeant (Private at Muster Out.)
Ebenezer Brown, 2nd Sergeant.
Reddick N. Allred, 3rd Sergeant.
Elisha Everett, Musician. Joseph W. Richards, Musician, (Died at Pueblo.)
Says Colonel Kane: "It was the custom, whenever the larger camps rested for a few days together, to make great arbors, or boweries, as they called them, of poles, and brush, and wattling, as places of shelter for their meetings of devotion or conference. In one of these, * was gathered now the mirth and beauty of the Mormon Israel.
" If anything told that the Mormons had been bred to other lives, it was the appear- ance of the women as they assembled here. Before their flight they had sold their watches and trinkets as the most available recourse for raising ready money ; and hence like their partners, who wore waistcoats cut with useless watch pockets, they, although their ears were pierced and bore the marks of rejected pendants, were withont earrings, chains or broaches. Except such ornaments, however, they lacked nothing most becom- ing the attire of decorus maidens. The neatly darned white stockings, and clean white petticoat, the clear-starched collar and chemisette, the something faded, only because too- well washed lawn or gingham gown, that fitted modishly to the waist of its pretty wearer -these, if any of them spoke of poverty, spoke of a poverty that had known better days."
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Privates.
1 Allen, Rufus C.
2 Allred, James R.
3 Allred, James T. S.
4 Allred, Reuben W.
5 Allen, Albern
6 Brown, John
7 Butterfield, Jacob K.
8 Bailey, James
9 Brunson, Clinton D.
10 Brass, Benjamin
11 Blanchard, Mervin S.
12 Beckstead, Gordon S.
13 Beckstead, Orin M.
14 Bickmore, Gilbert
15 Brown, William W.
16 Beran, James
45 Hunt, Martial
75 Taylor, Joseph
17 Bryant, John S.
46 Hewett, Eli B.
76 Thompson, John
18 Curtis, Josiah
47 Hudson, Wilford
77 Vrandenburg Adna
19 Cox, Henderson
48 Hoyt, Timothy S.
78 Weaver, Miles
20 Chase, Hiram B.
49 Hoyt, Henry P.
79 Wriston, John P.
21 Calkins, Alva C.
50 Ivy, Richard A.
80 Wriston, Isaac N.
22 Casper, William W.
51 Jackson, Charles A.
81 Weaver, Franklin
23 Calkins, James W.
52 Johnson, Henry
82 Wilson, Alfred G.
24 Calkins, Sylvanus
53 Kelly, William
83 Wheeler, Merrill W.
25 Calkins, Edwin R.
54 Kelley, Nicholas
84 White. Samuel S. (Sam- uel F. in original)
27 Clark, Joseph
56 Lemon, James W.
85 Webb, Charles Y.
28 Clark, Riley G.
57 Lake, Barnabas
86 Winn, Dennis
29 Decker, Zecharialı B.
58 Moss, David
87 Woodworth, Lysander
30 Dobson, Joseph
59 Maxwell, Maxie
88 White, Joseph
31 Dodson, Eli
60 Mayfield, Benjamin F.
89 Willey, Jeremialı
32 Earl, James C.
61 Naile, Conrad
COMPANY B.
Officers.
Jesse D. Hunter, Captain. Elam Luddington, 1st Lieutenant. Ruel Barrus, 2nd Lieutenant. Philemon C. Merrill, 3rd Lieutenant. William Coray, 1st Orderly Sergeant. William Hyde, 2nd Orderly Sergeant.
David P. Rainey, 1st Corporal. Thomas Dunn, 2nd Corporal. John D. Chase, 3rd Corporal. William Hunter, Musician.
George W. Taggart, Musician.
Albert Smith, 3rd Orderly Sergeant.
63 Packard, Henry, (M. C. as Corporal.)
36 Glines, James H. (Q. M. 64 Persons, Ebenezer Sergeant at M. I., Pri- 65 Roe, Cariatat C. vate at M. O.) 66 Riter, John
37 Garner, David
67 Steele, George E.
38 Gordon, Gilman
68 Steele, Isaiah C.
39 Goodwin, Andrew
69 Sessions, Richard
40 Hulett, Schuyler
41 Holden, Elijah E.
70 Shepherd, Lafayette, (M. O. as Corporal.)
42 Hampton, James (died at 71 Swartout Hamilton camp on Rio Grande.) 72 Sexton, George
43 Hawkins, Benjamin
73 Sessions, John
44 Hickenlooper, William F. 74 Sessions, William B.
26 Colman, George
55 Kibley, James
33 Egbert, Robert C. 62 Oyler, Melcher
34 Fairbanks, Henry
35 Frederick, David
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Privates.
1 Allen, George
31 Evans, William
61 Noler, Christian
2 Allen, Elijah
3 Alexander, Horace M.
33 Freeman, Elijah N.
63 Pearson, Ephraim
4 Allen, Franklin
34 Follett, William A.
64 Persons, Harmon D.
5 Bush, Richard
35 Fife, Peter
65 Prouse, William
6 Bird, William
36 Green, Ephraim
66 Park, James 1st
7 Bingham, Thomas
37 Garner, William A.
67 Park, James 2nd
8 Bingham, Erastus
38 Garner, Phillip
68 Richards, Peter F.
9 Billings, Orson
39 Hawk, Nathan
69 Rogers, Samuel H.
10 Bigler, Henry W.
40 Huntsman, Isaiah
70 Study, David
11 Boley, Samuel (died on 41 Hoffheins, Jacob Missouri River)
42 Hanks, Ephraim R.
72 Stevens, Lyman
12 Barrowman, John
13 Brackenberry, Benj. B.
14 Brown, Francis
15 Bliss, Robert S.
45 Hunter, Edward
76 Steers, Andrew J.
46 Haskell, George
77 Stillman, Dexter
17 Clark, George S.
47 Harris, Silas
78 Workman, Andrew J.
18 Colton, Philander
48 Jones, David H.
79 Walker, William
19 Cheney, Zacheus
20 Callahan, Thomas W.
21 Church; Haden W.
51 Kirk, Thomas
82 Willis, W. S. S.
22 Camp, J. G.
52 Lawson, John
83 Watts, John
23 Carter, P. J.
53 Morris, Thomas
84 Whitney, Francis T.
24 Curtis, Dorr P.
54 McCarty, Nelson
85 Wright, Charles
25 Carter, R.
55 Mount, Hiram B. 56 Martin, Jesse B.
87 Wilcox, Henry
88 Wheeler, John L.
28 Dolton, Henry S.
58 Murdock, Price
89 Winters, Jacob
29 Dunham, Albert
59 Myers, Samuel
90 Zabriskie, Jerome
30 Evans, Israel
60 Miles, Samuel
COMPANY C.
Officers.
James Brown, Captain.
George W. Rosecrans, 1st Lieutenant.
Samuel Thompson, 2nd Lieutenant,
Robert Clift, (Promoted from Orderly Scr- geant to 3rd Lieutenant.) Orson B. Adams, 1st Sergeant at M. I., 2nd Sergeant at M. O.
Elijah Elmer, 2nd Sergeant at M. 1., 1st Sergeant at M. O. 18-VOL. 1.
49 Keyser, Guy M.
80 Willis, Ira
50 King, John M.
81 Workman, Oliver G.
86 Wilcox, Edward
26 Dayton, William J.
27 Dutcher, Thomas P.
57 Murdock, John R.
71 Smith, Azariah
43 Hawk, William
73 Stoddard, Rufus
44 Hinkley, Arza E. (Ezra 74 Simmons, William A. on original). 75 Sly, James C.
16 Bybee, John
32 Eastman, Marcus N.
62 Owens, Robert
Joel J.Terrill, 3rd Sergeant,(Private at M.O.) David Wilken, 4th Sergeant; (Private atM. O.) Jabez Nowlin, 1st Corporal ; (Private at M. O.) Alexander Brown, 2nd Corporal. Edward Martin, 3rd Corporal ; (2nd Ser- geant at M. O. Daniel Tyler, 4th Corporal; (3rd Sergt. at M.O.) Richard D. Sprague, Musician. Russell G.Brownell, Musician; (Corp'l at M.O.)
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Privates.
1 Adair, Wesley
2 Boyle, Henry G. (Henry 32 Gibson, Thomas
B. Miller on original)
3 Burt, William
4 Barney, Walter
5 Babcock, Lorenzo
36 Holt, William
66 Richie, Benjamin
6 Brown, Jesse J.
37 Harmon, Ebenezer
38 Harmon, Lorenzo F.
68 Richmond, Benjamin
8 Bailey, Jefferson
39 Holdaway, Shadrach
40 Hendrickson, James
70 Riser, John J.
10 Brimhall, John
11 Blackburn, Abner
12 Bybee, Henry G.
13 Clift, James
14 Covil, John Q. A.
15 Condit, Jeptha
16 Carpenter, Isaac
17 Carpenter, William H.
18 Calvert, John
19 Catlin, George W.
50 Lewis, Samuel
79 Thomas, Nathan T. 80 Thomas, Elijah
81 Tuttle, Elanson 82 Truman, Jacob M.
22 Dalton, Harry
23 Dalton, Edward
54 Maggard, Benjamin
83 Tindell, Solomon
24 Durphy, Francillo
55 Mowrey, Jolm T.
84 Wade, Edward W.
25 Dodge, Augustus E.
85 Wade, Moses
26 Forbush, Lorin
27 Fellows, Hiram W.
28 Fife, John
59 Perkins, David
88 Wilcox, Matthew
29 Fifield, Levi
60 Perkins, John
61 Pickup, George
62 Peck, Thorit, (Corporal at M. O.)
63 Peck, Isaac
64 Pulsipher, David
65 Persons, Judson
67 Rust, William W.
7 Bailey, Addison
9 Beckstead, William E.
41 Hancock, Charles 42 Hancock, George W. 43 'Ivie, Thomas C.
44 Johnston, William J.
45 Johnston, Jesse W.
75 Shipley, Joseph
76 Squires, William, (Cor- poral at M. O.)
77 Shumway, Aurora 78 Thompson, James L.
20 Donald, Neal
51 Myler, James
21 Dunn, James
52 Mccullough, Levi H. 53 Morey, Harley
56 Mead, Orlando F. 57 More, Calvin W. 58 Olmstead, Hiram
86 Wood, William 87 White, John J.
COMPANY D. Officers.
Nelson Higgins, Captain. George P. Dykes, 1st Lieutenant. Sylvester Hulett, 2nd Lieutenant. Cyrus C. Canfield, 3rd Lieutenant. Nathaniel V. Jones, 1st Sergeant ; (Private at M. O.) Thomas Williams, 2nd Sergeant. Luther T. Tuttle, 3rd Sergeant.
Alpheus P. Haws, 4th Sergeant. Arnold Stephens, 1st Corporal. John Buchanan, 2nd Corporal. William Coon, 3rd Corporal. Lewis Lane, 4th Corporal; (Private at M. O.) Willard Smith, Musician. Henry W. Jackson, (Henry J. on original.) Musician.
89 Welsh, Madison 90 Wheeler, Henry
30 Gould, John C.
31 Gould, Samuel
33 Green, John
34 Hatch, Meltliah
35 Hatch, Orin
69 Reynolds, William
71 Smith, Milton 72 Smith, Richard 73 Shupe, James 74 Shupe, Andrew J.
46 Johnson, Jarvis
47 Layton, Christopher
48 Larson, Thurston 49 Landers, Ebenezer
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Privates.
1 Abbott, Joshua 2 Averett, Juthan
3 Brown, James 1st
4 Brown, James S
35 Hirons James
36 Huntington, Dimick B. 65 Stephens, Alexander
37 Hendricks, Wm. D. 66 Spencer, William W.
38 Holmes, Jonathan
39 Higgins, Alfred
40 Hunsaker, Abraham, (1st 69 Stewart, Robert B. Sergt. at M. O.) 70 Sargent, Abel M.
41 Jacobs, Sanford, (Corporal 71 Savage, Levi at M. O.)
72 Stillman, Clark
13 Casto, William
42 Kenny, Loren E.
73 Swarthout, Nathan
14 Casto, James
43 Lamb, Lisbon
74 Sharp, Albert
15 Curtis Foster
44 Laughlin, David S.
75 Sharp, Norman
16 Clawson, John R.
45 Maxwell, William
76 Shelton, Sebert C.
17 Cox, Amos
46 Meeseck, Peter J.
77 Sanderson, Henry W.
18 Collins, Robert H. 19 Chase, Abner
47 Meacham, Erastus
78 Steele, John
20 Davis, Sterling
49 Merrill, Ferdinand
21 Davis, Eleazer
50 McArthur, Henry
22 Davis, James
51 Oakley, James
82 Twitchel, Anciel 83 Tubbs, William
24 Douglas, James
53 Peck, Edwin M.
84 Treat, Thomas
25 Fleether, Philander
54 Perrin, Charles
85 Hayward, Thomas
27 Fatoute, Ezra
56 Rollins, John
86 Tippets, John 87 Walker, Edwin 88 Woodward, Francis
29 Finlay, Thomas
58 Roberts, Benjamin
89 Whiting, Almon
30 Gilbert, John
59 Runyan, Levi
90 Whiting, Edmond
31 Gifford, William W.
60 Rowe, William
61 Richmond, William 62 Robinson, William
33 Hoagland, Lucas
34 Henry, Daniel
63 Raymond, Almon P. 64 Smith, John G.
5 Badlam, Samuel 6 Button, Montgomery 7 Brizzee, Henry W. 8 Boyd, George W.
9 Boyd, William
10 Barger, William W.
11 Compton, Allen
12 Cole, James B.
48 Bingham, Erastus
79 Thompson, Henry 80 Thompson, Miles 81 Tanner, Myron
23 Douglas, Ralph
52 Owen, James
26 Frazier, Thomas
55 Pettegrew, James P.
28 Forsgreen John
57 Rawson, Daniel B.
COMPANY E.
Daniel C. Davis, Captain. James Pace, 1st. Lieut. Andrew Lytle, 2d. Lieut. Samuel L. Gully, 3rd. Lieut. Samuel L. Brown, 1st. Sergt. Richard Brazier, 2nd. Sergt.
Officers.
Ebenezer Hanks, 3rd. Sergt. Daniel Browett, 4th. Sergt. James A. Scott. Corp. (died at Pueblo) Levi W. Hancock, Musician. Jesse Earl.
67 Stewart, Benjamin 68 Stewart, James
32 Gribble, William
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Privates.
1 Allen John, (drummed 28 Harmon, Oliver N. out of service, non- 29 Harris, Robert "Mormon ") 30 Harrison, Isaac
56 Pugmire, Jonathan, jun.
57 Rollins
58 Richardson, Thomas
59 Richards, L.
60 Roberts, L.
4 Beers, William
5 Brown, Daniel
34 Hickmot, John
62 Scott, Leonard M.
6 Buckley, Newman
35 Hopkins, Charles
63 Scott, James R.
7 Bunker, Edward
36 Hoskins, Henry
64 Skein, Joseph
8 Caldwell, Matthew
37 Howell, T. C. D.
65 Spidle, John
9 Campbell, Samuel
38 Howell, William
66 Slater, Richard
10 Campbell, Jonathan
39 Jacobs, Bailey
67 Snyder, John
11 Cazier, James
40 Judd, Hiram
68 Smith, Lot
12 Cazier, John
41 Judd, Zadock K.
69 Smith, David
13 Clark, Samuel
42 Jimmerson, Charles
70 Smith, Elisha
14 Clark, Albert
43 Knapp, Albert
71 Smith, John
15 Chapin, Samuel
44 Kelley, George
72 St. John, Stephen M.
16 Cox, John
45 Karren, Thomas
73 Stephens, Roswell
18 Day, Abraham
47 McLelland, Wm. C.
75 Strong, William
19 Dyke, Simon
48 Miller, Daniel
76 Tanner, Albert
20 Dennett, Daniel Q.
49 McBride, Haslam
77 West, Benj.
21 Earl, Jacob
50 Miller, Miles 51 Park, Wm. A.
78 Wilson, George
22 Ewell, Wm.
23 Ewell, Martin F.
52 Pettegrew, David
80 Williams, James V.
81 Whitworth, Wm.
25 Findlay, John
26 Follett, William T.
54 Phelps, Alva, (died on the Arkansas)
27 Glazier, Luther W.
55 Porter, Sanford
Several families of women and children accompanied their hus- bands and fathers in the Battalion, and these, with the officers' servants, brought the full number up to five hundred and forty-nine.
Captain James Allen, whose brave and generous spirit had from the first endeared him to every soul in the Battalion, to the great grief of all fell sick and died at Fort Leavenworth on the 23rd of August. Lieutenant A. J. Smith, an officer not so highly esteemed by them, then took command of the Battalion and marched them to Santa Fe, which town had already been captured by General Kearney.
2 Allen, George
31 Hart, James S.
3 Bentley, John
32 Harrison, Israel
33 Hess, John W.
61 Sanders, Richard T.
17 Cummings, George
46 Lance, William
74 Standage, Henry
79 Woolsey, Thomas
24 Earl, Justice C.
53 Pixton, Robert
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On October 13th, by order of the General, Colonel Philip St. George Cooke, a brusque and eccentric though brave and manly officer, assumed command of the Mormon Battalion. Then began their arduous and heroic march across the burning plains and rugged mountains of New Mexico to southern California. In all, the Battalion marched, from the Missouri to the Pacific, a distance of over two thousand miles, pioneering much of the way through an untrodden wilderness, braving dangers and enduring hardships com- pared with which fighting would have been mere sport. Said Col- onel Cooke, their commander : "History may be searched in vain for an equal march of infantry."
Short rations, lack of water, excessive toil in road-making, well- digging and over-marching, caused much suffering, sickness and some deaths among the Battalion. Even before reaching Santa Fe their sufferings were severe, and many were disabled and prevented from proceeding farther. These disabled detachments, with most of the women of the Battalion, were placed in charge of Captain James Brown and ordered to Pueblo on the head-waters of the Arkansas River, while their comrades, the main body, including four women ** who accompanied their husbands, pushed on to the Pacific coast. They arrived near San Diego late in January, 1847.
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