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Mormon Resistance: A Documentary Account of the Utah Expedition, 1857-1858

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In 1857 President Buchanan quietly sent new officials to rule the Utah Territory and replace Brigham Young as the territorial governor. And not using a official announcement, the brand new leaders were accompanied by a twenty-five-hundred-member troop under the leadership of Col. Albert Sidney Johnston. The secrecy, the dimensions of the military force, and past experiences caused the Mormons to mistakenly consider they were about to be invaded by the government. Utah’s territorial militia, the Nauvoo Legion, readied itself against the upcoming invasion until war of words and disapproval in Washington in the end led to successful diplomacy and a reluctant peace.

LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen have brought together the principal official documents pertaining to those singular and nearly tragic events in addition to excerpts from the diaries and journals of the central figures, speeches given in Congress and in Utah, and pertinent correspondence.

 


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