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Mormon Battalion: United States Army of the West, 1846-1848 Paperback – January 1, 1997

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Few events in the history of the American Far West from 1846 to 1849 did not involve the Mormon Battalion. The Battalion participated in the United States conquest of California and in the discovery of gold, opened four major wagon trails, and carried the news of gold east to an eager American public. Yet, the battalion is little known beyond Mormon history. This first complete history of the wide-ranging army unit restores it to its central place in Western history, and provides descendants a complete roster of the Battalion's members.

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400 pages
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English
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Utah State University Press
Publication date

January 1, 1997
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Baby and up
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6 x 1.1 x 9 inches
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0874212154
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978-0874212150
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1120L
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>From the Mexican War to the discovery of gold in California, there were few major events in the history of the Far West from 1846 to 1849 that did not involve the Mormon Battalion. Norma Rickett's The Mormon Battalion: U. S. Army Of The West, 1846-1848 is the first complete history of this wide-ranging, but heretofore almost forgotten, army unit, restoring it to its uniquely central place in the history of the American West. Several informative appendices are also featured including an analysis of movement within the Mormon Battalion, an alphabetically reconstructed roster of the Mormon volunteers, military documents, the Mormon Battalion in music and poetry, and much more. A useful bibliography and a subject index further enhance the value of this benchmark publication. Norma Ricketts' The Mormon Battalion combines the scrupulousness of an historical scholar with a born story-teller's ability to showcase history for contemporary readers. The Mormon Battalion is an immensely valuable contribution to Mormon studies and Western American history reading lists. -- Midwest Book Review

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Utah State University Press; 1st edition (January 1, 1997)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0874212154
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0874212150
Reading age ‏ : ‎ Baby and up
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1120L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.43 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.1 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,212,162 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #13,689 in American Military History

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Andy Monheit

A wealth of information about the Morman Battalion

Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2019

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An excellent history of the Mirman Battalion. If you are interested in the history of the western US, especially that of Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and California, this is a must read. Well researched and well written.

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ELDEN ERICKSON

Probably the best book on day to day experiences of one of ...

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2017

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Probably the best book on day to day experiences of one of the longest military marches in our history. You need to read this book to appreciate what men can do when they are needed. The Bataan Death march was the worst but this one was no pic nic either.

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Doyle

Well Researched

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2013

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The author has reviewed original sources and has compiled almost a daily account of the one year deployment of the Battalion. The cross referencing of accounts provide an informative narrative and picture of daily life of the time.

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Durell Nelsono

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2016

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a good introductory work on the Mormon Battalion

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Donna J Webster

Awesome daily account of all these men went through

Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2014

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Awesome daily account of all these men went through. My gg gfandfather was one of them and it helped me understand what he had done.

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Rob

Superb

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2020

Brigham Young told some of the men of the Mormon Battalion. “Your going into the army has saved the lives of thousands of people.” Not only did these men help provide much needed funds to the struggling Saints fleeing from persecution in Illinois, but they also were the only battalion recruited by their religious beliefs and finished one of the longest infantry marches in American history. Not only that, but they built a road across the American Southwest, helped build up San Diego and Los Angeles, helped start the California Gold Rush, and made a special place for themselves in American history. Building off the letters, and journal accounts of the soldiers and those who associated with them Norma Ricketts recreates a moving and powerful account of the men and women who participated with and experienced the journey.
Ricketts displays her skills as a historian in recreating the march of the battalion. Organized chronologically, she tells the story of each part of the Battalion using entries from the journals and letters of the Battalion members. Her dependence on primary sources illustrates a depth of knowledge on the subject that few others can exhibit. She also uses a simple and direct writing style that allows the reader to quickly read and analyze her writings. She also is very clear in stating her thesis that the march of the Battalion shaped the men more than they shaped their surrounding environments. She connects the battalions experience to the events latter in their lives and the way that they saw the world. The cross culture connections and the harshness of their journey shaped these men in ways that 19th century America never could have. Her book clearly demonstrates that and shows how the battalion was shaped by their march and what they went through.
One critique that could be offered of this book is that is does not incorporate as many secondary sources into the text. It avoids debates about the battalion. This could have offered the reader a deeper insight into the literature surrounding the Mormon Battalion. However, overall the book is a must have for any serious scholar of the Mormon Battalion or anyone looking to learn more about one of America’s most unique military units.

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Roger D. Launius

A Start, but could have been much more

Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2012

The Mormon Battalion is one of the legends of the Mormon faithful. Recruited by the U.S. government from among those heading to Utah to gather with Brigham Young, this group of some 1,000 men and a few women and children undertook a trek across the American Southwest during the Mexican-American War. Although Norma Baldwin Ricketts's account of this expedition has its shortcomings, it presents the first complete history of this army unit.

No doubt this is not a definitive work, if such a thing exists, and there as many shortcomings that might be offered. Even so, "The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848" includes an informative narrative and appendices that analyze the military role of the Mormon Battalion. There is, however, little that is new in this book and those familiar with the Battalion and its epic march will find little that they did not already know. In addition, the work is poorly written and the simple errors of fact that appear at various places make me question how thoroughly the author and editorial staff checked their sources.

Most important, I wish Ricketts had explored the continuing significance of the Mormon Battalion in Mormon history. The expedition is usually, and appropriately so, a footnote in the study of American military history but it looms large among the Mormons. Why? In that context the legend of the Mormon Battalion and how it has found a truly revered place in the history of Mormonism is significant. I would have liked to have seen this explored here.

The role of memory in shaping perspectives about the Mormon Battalion would have been a truly significant contribution to understanding about the unit. In relation to the battalion Ricketts missed an opportunity to analyze the interplay of memory about the past--what some have called the "digested past"--the unrecoverable past that is never truly knowable at all, and the myth of the past within the context of Mormon history and culture.

There are some intriguing patterns that might have been explored by Ricketts in relation to the Mormon Battalion. Among other questions I would have expected to see considered in this work are the following relating to the unit's myth and memory:
* Why does the Mormon Battalion loom so large in the historical consciousness of present-day Mormons? How did it gain this reverential status?
* What writings, reenactments, public commemorations, etc. structured this conception of the past?
* How has the story of the Mormon Battalion been used by Mormons to help create their unique identity?
* Is the story of Mormon pioneering--and the battalion's role in it--critical to the modern Mormon identity? If so, how and why?
* Is the story of the battalion's military service important to Modern Mormonism? If so, how and why?
* What is the historical consciousness of the battalion's role in military history, and how did it attain that particular position?

I recognize that at some level I am arguing that the author should have written a different book. While I am mindful that considering these other questions might have resulted in a fundamentally different book I think the result would have been much more valuable.

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