Microfilm of a typescript of the Nauvoo Legion record book, kept in Salt Lake City from 1857-1858. The typescript was made from the original by Brigham Young University in 1946. The majority of the volume consists of orders and instructions given by Brigadier General Franklin D. Richards to Legion officers, including Jesse P. Harmon, Thomas Callister, A.H. Raleigh, John Bennion, Samuel Bennion, James Ferguson, Jonathan Pugmire, James G. Willis, David Pettigrew, Heman Hyde, John Cottam, John Rowberg, A.L. Fullmer, Reddin A. Aldre, K.W. Richards, and George D. Grant. It also includes detailed battalion-by-battalion charts, including lists of names with ranks, supplies given, remarks on duties, and other notes. All inquiries about this item should be directed to the H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western Historical Manuscripts at the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. Microfilm. San Marino, Calif. : Huntington Library Photographic Dept., 1957. 1 microfilm reel : negative 35 mm. Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. The Nauvoo Legion was created as a Mormon militia for the city of Nauvoo, Illinois. Originally led by Joseph Smith, it was taken over by Brigham Young following Smith's death in 1844. Young established it as a territorial militia in Utah, keeping the name Nauvoo Legion. It opposed the U.S. Army during the Utah War and was permanently disbanded by the Edmunds-Tucker Act in 1887.
Richards, Franklin D Deseret. Nauvoo Legion Utah. Militia Frontier and pioneer life--Utah Military life Mormon Church--History--19th century Mormons--Utah--History--19th century Utah--History 1857-1858 1858 Record books Utah 19th century. (aat)
Source
Mormon Manuscripts at the Huntington Library Mormonism and the West, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Microfilm of original loaned by Juanita Brooks, July 24, 1957.
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