Army Of Israel
by David Bigler
Utah State University Press, 2000
Paper: 978-0-87421-294-5
Library of Congress Classification E409.5.I72A76 2000b
Dewey Decimal Classification 973.624
TOC
- 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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