Author: Sherman L. Fleek
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700634320
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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The Mormon military experience is unique in American history. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) is the only denomination to field military units for its own support and purpose rather than national interests, an effort which began in Missouri in 1838 and lasted through the Spanish American War of 1898. From World War I onward, however, the military exceptionalism of the LDS Church faded and Mormon soldiers came to serve national interests as loyal citizens alongside their fellow Americans. The Mormon Military Experience: 1838 to the Cold War is the first book to present a historical overview of the Mormon military experience. Sherman Fleek and Robert Freeman tell this unique story of how the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has experienced war and military service and of their teachings concerning participation in armed conflict. The LDS Church’s distinct relationship between religious life and military service is rooted in its adherence to the Book of Mormon and its unique doctrine based in ancient and then-modern revelations from church leaders. Religious and military exceptionalism went hand in hand during the nineteenth century, when LDS Church leaders dictated when and how members would serve in armed conflict. Mormon militiamen were often more loyal to church interests and the guidance of LDS leaders than they were to government policy, from mustering of the Mormon Battalion during the Mexican War to orchestrating the armed effort during the Utah War of 1857–1858 to serving as Civil War volunteers in the West. Similarly, they followed Church leaders’ teachings not to serve in the Civil War’s bloody campaigns in the East. While LDS leaders adapted church practices and policies to support national objectives at times, there were also occasions when Mormon militia units defied state and federal military forces, sometimes to the point of open combat. No other American denomination has done this. This is a story about changing loyalties: as the LDS Church transformed from a personalist religious movement on the edge of society to a mainstay of American religious and political life, Mormons have moved from battling the US military to serving with distinction within it.
Author: Sherman L. Fleek
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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For more than a century the history of the American Frontier, particularly the West, has been the speciality of the Arthur H. Clark Company. We publish new books, both interpretive and documentary, in small, high-quality editions for the collector, researcher, and library.
Author: Norma Ricketts
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 145718074X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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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.
Author: Richard Bruce Winders
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585441624
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Drawing on numerous diaries, journals, and reminiscences, Richard Bruce Winders presents the daily life of soldiers at war; links the army to the society that produced it; shares his impressions of the soldiers he "met" along the way; and concludes that American participants in the Mexican War shared a common experience, no matter their rank or place of service. Taking a "new" military history approach, Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War examines the cultural, social, and political aspects of the regular and volunteer forces that made up the army of 1846-48, presents the organizational framework of the army, and introduces the different styles of leadership exhibited by Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott.
Author: Brigham Henry Roberts
Publisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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A book detailing the military history of the Mormon Battalion. The Mormon Battalion was the only religiously-based group that served in the United States war against Mexico from 1846-1847.
Author: Rick Bereit
Publisher: The Navigators
ISBN: 9780967248059
Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Rick Bereit draws from his 30 years of military experience to provide a detailed overview of life in the military, life as a Christian, and, most important, how the two fit together. Designed as a lifelong handbook-from the first day of basic training through an entire enlistment or career- In His Service is a comprehensive resource to equip you for service to your country.
Author: Kenneth L. Alford
Publisher: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center
ISBN: 9780842528160
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 569
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Collection of essays and articles about the US Civil War, with a focus on, but not limited to, people who were either members or later became members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Topics include historical facts about actual events, people, landmarks, and stories; most of which are connected to the US Civil War.
Author: Richard Edmond Bennett
Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Company
ISBN: 9780870623820
Category : HISTORY
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Hyrum, in 1844. When the Nauvoo Charter was revoked, the militia no longer enjoyed legal status and assumed a distinctly different role in Mormon affairs until it was reconstituted after the Mormon emigration to Utah. --
Author: United States. National Archives and Records Service
Publisher:
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Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Author: Jason Mow
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780990595304
Category : Historical fiction, American
Languages : en
Pages : 351
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The first book in The War Chapters Series, "A Hero Rises," introduces Captain Moroni, and how at such an early age he came to command a large army in a time of extreme national danger. Readers follow Moroni through tragedy and triumph while gaining a deeper understanding of why Mormon said of him, "If every man were like unto him, the very gates of hell would shake."
