At Sword’s Point, Part 1: A Documentary History of the Utah War to 1858 (Kingdom in the West: The Mormons and the American Frontier Series)

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The Utah War of 1857–58, the unprecedented armed disagreement between Mormon Utah Territory and the U.S. government, was once the most extensive American military action between the Mexican and Civil wars. At Sword’s Point presents in two volumes the first in-depth narrative and documentary history of that odd conflict.

William P. MacKinnon offers a full of life narrative linking firsthand accounts—most in the past unknown—from soldiers and civilians on both sides. This first volume traces the war’s causes and preliminary events, including President Buchanan’s decision to replace Brigham Young as governor of Utah and restore federal authority through a big army expedition. Also examined are Young’s defensive-aggressive reactions, the onset of armed hostilities, and Thomas L. Kane’s departure on the end of 1857 for his now-famous mediating mission to Utah.

MacKinnon provides a balanced, comprehensive account, in line with a half century of research and a wealth of carefully selected new material. Women’s voices from both sides enrich this colorful story. At Sword’s Point presents the Utah War as a sprawling disagreement with regional and international in addition to territorial affect. As a nonpartisan definitive work, it eclipses previous studies of this remarkably bloody turning point in western, military, and Mormon history.



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