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On the Utah War: United States vs. the Mormons...
On the Utah War: United States vs. the Mormons...
Item # 700537
December 30, 1857
DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Dec. 30, 1857
* Utah War - Mormonism
* Mormons Rebellion
* United States military
Page 3 has: "The Army In Utah" which reports on the advance of U.S. troops towards Utah, noting: "... the numerous [wagon] trains guarded by it, reached there...The march was slow & tedious, averaging only 11 miles a day...
trains, including settlers L& merchants destined for Salt Lake...No molestation whatever was attempted by the Mormons...The conduct of the Mormons results from a settled determination not to acknowledge the authority of the United States, or any other outside of their Church..." with much more.
This was part of the historic Utah War.
Four pages, large folio size, light damp stains at the top, nice condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.
AI notes: On November 6, 1857, during the Utah War—a confrontation between the U.S. government and the LDS-led territorial government of Utah—the conflict entered a tense but largely non-violent phase as federal forces under Col. Albert Sidney Johnston struggled to advance toward the Salt Lake Valley while early winter storms and Mormon resistance stalled them in Wyoming’s high plains. By this date, Brigham Young’s militia, the Nauvoo Legion, continued employing a strategy of harassment and attrition: burning grass, stampeding livestock, and destroying supply trains to cripple the approaching U.S. Army without engaging in open battle. One key incident occurred that day when Mormon raiders struck at Army supply lines near Fort Bridger, further delaying Johnston’s already depleted command and forcing him to establish a frigid winter encampment at what became known as Camp Scott. The standoff on November 6 illustrated the pattern that defined most of the Utah War—escalating acts of sabotage, deepening mistrust between Washington and the Mormon leadership, and a growing realization that the conflict might be resolved through diplomacy rather than a pitched military clash, which indeed occurred the following year with the peaceful “Utah Expedition” settlement.
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