Origin July 1846 to January 1847
The Mormon Battalion Trail traces the roughly 2,000 mile march of over 500 Latter-day Saint volunteers, mustered at Council Bluffs, Iowa in July 1846 to serve the United States Army in the Mexican-American War, from Council Bluffs to San Diego, California, arriving in January 1847. Distinct from the main Mormon Trail to the Salt Lake Valley that the same migration otherwise followed, it is remembered as the longest infantry march in United States history and is retraced today by an auto tour maintained by the Mormon Battalion Association.
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Associated ReligionThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1 TraditionLatter Day Saint movement 1 Site
PilgrimagePilgrimage attested historically; not continuing 1 Status
Status TodayRevived or reconstructed in the modern era 1 Origins
Origin PeriodJuly 1846 to January 1847 1 Structure
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Source An Introduction to MormonismDouglas J. Davies
Source An Introduction to MormonismDouglas J. Davies
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1. An Introduction to Mormonism
Douglas J. Davies, Cambridge University Press, 2003on the Mormon Battalion and its 1846-47 marchView the Source Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition
Jan Shipps, University of Illinois Press, 1985on Latter-day Saint migration and the Mexican-American WarView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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