02451cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000090011910000480012824500550017626400510023130000470028233600260032933700260035533800360038150000310041750801980044852012640064653400450191065300420195565300680199785600430206599900170210842152UtSlPG20260610133950.0mcr n260607r2013||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a20004455  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aE3001 aRoberts, B. H.q(Brigham Henry),d1857-193314aThe Mormon Battalion, Its History and Achievements 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2013  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2013-02-21  aE-text prepared by Lisa Reigel, Mike Zeug, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org)  a"The Mormon Battalion: Its History and Achievements" by B. H. Roberts is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book details the formation and remarkable march of the Mormon Battalion during the Mexican-American War, particularly focusing on their journey from Iowa to California. It covers the motivations behind their enlistment, the challenges they faced, and the significance of their contributions, both military and social, during this period.  The opening of the book sets the stage for a detailed exploration of the Battalion's historic march, which is noted to be unprecedented in both army history and in the broader context of military expeditions. Roberts begins by comparing the Mormon Battalion's incredible 2,000-mile march to other significant historical marches, illustrating the harsh conditions they endured, including traversing desert landscapes and enduring great physical hardship. He introduces key figures, including Lieutenant-Colonel P. St. George Cooke, who documented their progress, and provides insight into the motivations for the Battalion's formation amid the backdrop of the Westward migration of the Mormon people seeking a new home in the Rocky Mountains. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aUnited States. Army. Mormon Battalion  aMexican War, 1846-1848 -- Regimental histories -- United States40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42152  c82991d82991