And again in 1862, when the United States government enacted its first anti-polygamy law and abolished the ordinance incorporating the Mormon church, we were fighting a civil war. Later ...

We’re still four years out from the American Civil War and it won’t be another forty ... the U.S. Army, and the Mormon Church ...

In his words, Mormons were like a log "too hard to split, too wet to burn, and too heavy to move." And with the Civil War raging, Lincoln had more pressing issues. The post-war era brought a ...

The Mormons are used to this ... bringing partisan polarization and animosity to levels unseen since the Civil War.” He found in the words of Dallin Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency ...

Deseret's prospects for statehood seemed dim. During the Civil War, the U.S. government shifted its attention from the Mormons. President Abraham Lincoln told a Mormon representative to ...

The federal troops were escorting a non-Mormon Indian agent named Alfred ... this episode now is to see the nation at the brink of civil war in 1857 and 1858—only to pull back.

4256585.5 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (abbreviated throughout this book as “LDS Church”) has a rich military heritage, with its members serving in all American conflicts since the ...

Smith addresses Johnston’s service during the Civil War in six chapters ... effectively coping with several challenging situations, notably the so-called “Mormon War.” Chapter 3 addresses Johnston’s ...