• CONTENTS 
• Acknowledgments
• Editorial Procedures
• Introduction
• 1. 
• “To Conciliate Them”:The Enlistment
• I Will Cross the Trackless Ocean
• Little, Jesse C.
• To Prevent Their Becoming Enemies
• Polk, James K.
• A Large Body of Mormon Emigrants
• Marcy, W. L.
• They Will Be Marched to California
• Kearny, Stephen W.
• At the Expense of the United States
• Allen, James
• All Are Ready to Go
• Young, Brigham
• The Thing Is from Above for Our Good
• Young, Brigham
• Goodby Fanny and Eliza Ann
• Taggart, George Washington
• Saints Would Go into the Great Basin
• Young, Brigham
• To Pass Through the Indian Country
• Allen, James
• Applause That Is Positively Deafening
• Kane, Thomas L.
• Government Will Interpose No Objections
• Medill, William
• Officers: Authorize You to Receive the Payment
• Beloved Brother
• Scott, Margaret L.
• The Thanks of This People
• Young, Brigham
• 2. 
• “The Rolling of the Mormon Drums”: Council Bluffs to the Arkansas Crossing
• All Was Silence
• Hancock, Levi Ward
• A Large Camp of Little White Tents
• Whitworth, Robert W.
• A Peculiar Manifestation
• Young, Brigham
• I Never Got the Money
• Rawson, Maria
• Covered from Neck to Waist
• Judd, Zadock
• Operations of the Spirit
• Hancock, Levi
• It Becomes My Painful Duty
• Gully, Samuel
• The Death of Our Friend
• Sanderson, George B.
• I Deem It My Duty
• Smith, Andrew Jackson
• Only from among Our Own People
• Young, Brigham
• Reputation as a Gentleman & Officer
• Young, Brigham
• Smith Should Lead Us to Santa Fe
• Hunt, Jefferson
• I Had Rather Die a Natural Death
• Hancock, Levi
• These Armed Fanatics
• Parkman, Francis
• 3. 
• “Under the Command of the Devil”: the Cimarron Route to santa Fe
• Taking My Sword in Hand
• Lee, John D.
• Comply in Good Faith
• Kearny, Stephen W.
• Knock Out the Brains of Every Damned Rascal
• Lee, John D.
• To Mingle With the Children of Darkness
• Lee, John D.
• 4. 
• “Where Waggons Had Never Before Passed”: Cooke'S Wagon Road
• The Battalion Took Up Its Line of March
• Rogers, Samuel
• We Will March Then to Tucson
• G. Cooke, Philip St.
• We Cleaned Our Guns
• Rogers, Samuel
• I Did Not Come As an Enemy
• G. Cooke, Philip St.
• Stragglers Scattered for Miles
• Rogers, Samuel
• High and Essential Qualities of Veterans
• G. Cooke, Philip St.
• Unity and Determination of Spirit
• Zeal & Perseverance Displayed
• W. Kearny, Gen. S.
• A Most Efficient Soldier & Disciplinarian
• W. Kearny, Gen. S.
• 5. 
• “Its Protection & Defense”: California Peacekeepers
• The Mission is Pleasantly Located
• Pettegrew, David
• To Be Treated with a Little More Respect
• Pace, James
• Separate & Distinct Powers
• Shubrick, W. B.
• Kearny, S. W.
• Look to Its Protection & Defense
• W. Kearny, Gen. S.
• They Will Be Continued in the Service
• Turner, Capt. Henry S.
• The Battalion Marched for Pueblo [de los Angeles]
• Pace, James
• King of the Mountains
• Hancock, Charles Brent
• Here We Found the Enemy Ambushed
• Thompson, Lt. Samuel
• A Monstrous Gold Mine
• Pace, James
• Co. B Marched for San Diego
• Dunn, Thomas James
• 6. 
• “Over A Beautiful Country”: Kearny'S Life Guards
• Thirteen of the Mormon Battalion
• W. Kearny, Gen. Stephen
• Through a Rough Broken Country: Pueblo de Los Angeles to Sutter's Fort
• Jones, N.V.
• The Curse of God Rested Upon This Country: Sutter's Fort to Fort Hall
• Across the Mountains Without Any Road: Fort Hall to Fort Laramie
• Amongst the Sioux: Fort Laramie to Fort Leavenworth
• 7. 
• “Ahappier Set of Men”:The Discharge
• The Aid of Your Influence
• Mason, Col. R. B.
• They Shall Be Discharged at the End of March
• Mason, Col. R. B.
• Muster Out of Service the Mormon Battalion
• Mason, Col. R. B.
• More Value Than a Host of Bayonets
• Stevenson, Col. J. D.
• There Were Two Spirits Manifest
• Pettegrew, David
• From the Battalion Some Few Men
• Stevenson, Col. J. D.
• Virtue Is Unknown to Them
• Pettegrew, David
• All Were Enrolled, and Mustered into Service
• Stevenson, Col. J. D.
• Mormon Plan of Action in California
• To Raize a Force from among the Fraternity of Mormons
• Hunt, Capt. Jefferson
• I Request That You Will Raise a Battalion
• Mason, Col. R. B.
• 8. 
• “The Road to Pueblo”:The Detachments
• Blind and Desperate Fanatics
• Parkman, Francis
• The Higgins Detachment's March to Pueblo
• The Brown Detachment's March to Pueblo
• Steele, John
• The Willis Detachment's March to Pueblo
• Scott, James A.
• On the Headwaters of the Arkansas: Christmas 1846
• I Have It Imprinted in My Heart
• Brown, James
• Expecting a Revolution Every Day
• Wilson, George D.
• 9. 
• “We Must Go to Salt Lake”: The Detachments
• Days of Sorrow
• Brown, Mary Black
• Very Much Troubled with the Big Head
• Steele, John
• A Perfect Masterpiece
• On to Horse Creek
• Be a Father Unto Them
• Young, Brigham
• The Valley Where Our Brethren Are Planting
• Steele, John
• 10. 
• The Return
• This Country Was in an Uproar
• Coray, William
• A Great Struggle for Power: Pueblo de los Angeles to Sutter's Fort
• Hancock, Levi W.
• The Worst Looking Place I Ever Saw; Sutter's Fort to Donner Lake
• Hancock, Levi
• A Location Which Can Not Be Beat
• Young, Brigham
• The Worst Kind of Road: Donner Lake to Deseret
• Hancock, Levi W.
• Weather about as Cold as I Ever Witnessed
• Hyde, William
• The Dangers of Crossing the Plains
• Pace, William B.
• 11. 
• “Looks Like Gold”: The Veterans in California
• Hunt to Bring in a Battalion
• Stevenson, Col. J. D.
• The Most Liberal & Munificent Provision
• Mason, Col. R. B.
• Proceed as Rapidly as Possible to the Salt Lake
• They Would Cheerfully Come to Upper California
• Warner, Lt. W H.
• Should You Find That You Can Arrive Earlier
• We Should Have the Entire Control of This Country
• Hunter, Capt. J. D.
• Not a Syllable of Complaint
• Mason, Col. R. B.
• The Only Feasible Wagon Road
• Riser, John J.
• Purporting to be the Coin of the United States
• Mason, Col. R. B.
• Passing Counterfeit Gold
• Kennedy, William
• The Governor is Pleased to Mitigate the Sentence
• Halleck, Lt. H.W.
• Looks Like Gold
• Bigler, Henry W.
• 12. 
• “In Honorable Remembrance”: The Legacy of the Mormon Battalion
• Let Nothing Stop Us: Salt Lake Valley, 1847
• A Charge Against
• Brown, Capt. James
• The Lowest Scrapings of Hell
• Young, Brigham
• The Idol of My Heart
• Scott, Margaret
• Low Hungry Ragged Soldiers
• Riser, John J.
• The First General Festival of the Renowned Mormon Battalion
• In All Our Rags You Were Proud of Us
• Ferguson, James
• Excuse My Crooked Writing
• Tyler, Daniel
• I Would Not Have Known Myself
• Steele, John
• Boys, and Girls and Ladies
• Smith, Azariah
• Appendix: 
• Names of Pueblo Soldiers And Mississippi Brethren
• Bibliography
• Index

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