Mormon Resistance
A Documentary Account of the Utah Expedition, 1857-1858
LeRoy R Hafen editor Ann W Hafen editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Published:1st Nov '05
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
An account of President Buchanan's attempt to replace Brigham Young as territorial governor of Utah and the Morman resistance to the plan.
In 1857 President Buchanan quietly sent new officials to rule the Utah Territory and replace Brigham Young as the territorial governor. The leaders were accompanied by a 2500-member troop under the leadership of Col Albert Sidney Johnston. This book contains official documents pertaining to these singular and nearly tragic events.
In 1857 President Buchanan quietly sent new officials to rule the Utah Territory and replace Brigham Young as the territorial governor. With no official announcement, the new leaders were accompanied by a twenty-five-hundred-member troop under the leadership of Col. Albert Sidney Johnston. The secrecy, the size of the military force, and past experiences caused the Mormons to mistakenly believe they were about to be invaded by the federal government. Utah’s territorial militia, the Nauvoo Legion, readied itself against the impending invasion until disagreement and disapproval in Washington finally led to successful diplomacy and a reluctant peace.
LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen have brought together the principal official documents pertaining to these singular and nearly tragic events as well as excerpts from the diaries and journals of the central figures, speeches given in Congress and in Utah, and pertinent correspondence.
“A useful collection of documentary material which, taken as a whole, provides a basis for a more nearly impartial view of those highly partisan events which occurred just a century ago in the conflict between Mormon settlers of Utah Territory and the federal government.”—Mississippi Valley Historical Review
"One of the best bargains in all publishing is the series called Bison Books from the University of Nebraska. These are reprints of important volumes that have long been out-of-print. . . . The least-known of all of America's many (too many wars) is. . . the Utah War of 1857-58. Here is a documentary history of that forgotten civil war, thankfully a bloodless one."—Richard H. Dillon, True West
"This Bison Book reprint makes available once again an important collection of reports, proclamations, military orders and instructions, diaries, speeches, editorials and correspondence relevant to the conflict between Utah Mormons and the federal government known as the Utah War."—Utah Historical Quarterly
ISBN: 9780803273573
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 408g
376 pages