Mormon Battalion 1846-1996 - Arizona Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

1846 Mormon 1996
Battalion
In Council Bluffs, Iowa on July 16, 1846, over 500 dedicated Mormon men enlisted in the U.S. Army Infantry to serve their country during the Mexican War. They willingly heeded the call from their prophet, Brigham Young, leaving their families camped on the plains of Iowa.

These patriots completed their arduous march of more than 2,000 miles from Ft. Leavenworth to San Diego, claiming this land for the United States and blazing trails for future colonization. Their march took the company through the San Pedro Valley where they were attacked by a herd of ferocious wild bulls. They turned west near here on their way to the Presidio of Tucson where they raised the first American flag.

Later, under President Brigham Young's colonization plan, a group of Mormon colonists returned to this San Pedro Valley, arriving November 29, 1877.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Marker Name: Mormon Battalion 1846-1996 Type of history commemorated: Event County: Cochise Name of any agency/ agencies setting marker: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Year placed: 1996

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