On 4 February 1846—the same day Charles Shumway ferried across the Mississippi River from Nauvoo, starting the Church’s exodus west—the ship Brooklyn sailed from New York harbor. The previous fall, Church leaders had developed plans for a large exodus, intending to organize 25 companies of 100 wagons each that would leave in the spring of 1846. January 21, 2016 Publisher. Eventually, he left Nauvoo and arrived in Utah in 1849, and it was there where his name would be made. The two sides quickly reached an agreement thanks to Mormon desperation and easy mob satisfaction.The agreement was fairly simple. Voter-conscious Illinois Democrats and Whigs (including Abraham Lincoln) passed a bipartisan city-state charter for Nauvoo in 1840. Ammunition for the makeshift gun was so scarce that the defenders scavenged rounds fired by the attacking mob. It was also under the auspices of the militia that the groups of men were organized who were instructed to burn down Salt Lake City and other parts of northern Utah should the invading army try to take up residence. [citation needed] (Antonga Black Hawk was a Ute and has no connection to the Illinois Sauk chief Black Hawk of the 1830s.) Young led the Latter-day Saints to what later became the Territory of Utah. Though the Church was forced westward in search of a new home, their presence in the town lingered long enough to allow their legacy to survive the persecution they suffered in the nineteenth century. At this time there were in the city not more than a hundred and fifty Mormons and about … A few light cannons were also attached. … 150 locals managed to rally to defend the town. [citation needed]. Pickett took possession of the weapon, and a warrant was issued against him for theft; when an officer came to arrest him, he refused to surrender. The remaining stragglers’ continued presence in the town angered the locals in surrounding settlements, and in standard American fashion, they gathered their arms to force the Mormons out of their state the hard way. Not long after the arrival of the Mormons in Iowa, in 1846, Mormon legionnaires volunteered to serve in the 500 man Mormon Battalion for the U.S. government military expedition to Mexican California during the Mexican–American War. Though the Mormons had been expelled from Illinois, delegates discussed building a monument that would immortalize non-Mormon deeds and be a fitting tribute to the "six brave men who had lost their The Nauvoo Legion survived the loss of its commanding officer, Joseph Smith, when Brigham Youngautomatically assumed command as the new church president in August 1844, though he had never previously been active in Legion activities because Young was in England on a proselytizing mission for several years and only returned home to Nauvoo when hearing of the prophet's death to assist the family and church and citizens of Nauvoo during that sad tragedy (citation needed). When they resumed their journey home, they bought two cannons from Sutter, a four pounder and a six pounder. Three of the fewer than 150 Mormon defenders were killed, and skirmishing left wounded on … Mobs forced this last group from the city in mid-September, 1846, in what came to be known as "the battle of Nauvoo." The Nauvoo Legion never gathered again, and the 1887 Edmunds-Tucker Act permanently disbanded it. Everett joined the Army in 1843 and fought at the Battle of Nauvoo in the Illinois Mormon War. The so-called Anti-Mormon Party, or, as they preferred to call themselves, the "Regulators," were bent on driving the remaining citizens out by force despite the well-known fact that most had gone and the rest were making plans to do so. There are however some reported incidents in diaries of Saints concerning gunfire exchange between legion members and mobs during the Nauvoo era (citation needed). Federal troops dispatched in response to the 1870 Ghost Dance ensured Shaffer's order was enforced. Nauvoo was officially abandoned and the last remaining citizens had vacated Nauvoo by September 17, 1846, under gunfire and cannon artillery barrage as Illinois and Missouri militia and mobs raided and burned Nauvoo to the ground (citation needed). In Utah, the Deseret Militia and Utah Territorial Militia used the official name of the Nauvoo Legion. This WW1 Battle was like Something out of a Horror Movie, RIP ‘Wild Geese’ Star and Battle-Hardened Veteran Ian Yule. While in Nauvoo, a gun in the hands p. 226 of a militia officer was recognized by William Pickett as belonging to one of the harvesters. Battle of Nauvoo: Sept. 12-17, 1846 Mary Ann Stearns Winter recorded, “Our home was only one block from the Temple and we could hear the reports given out by the sentinel on the tower, to the guards on the grounds below. On 10 September 1846 a group of Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois found themselves under attack and were forced to defend themselves against their fellow countrymen. By sniping from the surrounding woodlands guerilla style, the Mormons managed to fend off the mob for an entire week. Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 447, citing "General Record of the Seventies. “Ugly carnivals” – At Least 20,000 Women Had Their Heads Shaved After Liberation, Crew Finds USS Hornet in a Graveyard of WWII Ships, French Couple Discovered WWII Cache of Weapons Hidden in Their Home, Live Like a Bond Villain, 3 Remote Napoleonic-Era Forts For Sale, Fossil Actually a Wartime Grenade: Explodes in Civilian’s Kitchen Sink, Eleven Military Uniforms That Got Soldiers Killed, ‘Barn Finds’, Mosquito, P-51 & Others, The Aviation Equivalent of Aladdin’s Cave, Out of fuel: Pilot Landed on a Container Ship – The Ship Claimed the Plane Under Salvage Rights (Watch), Attack of the Dead Men! Led by Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement and a mayor of Nauvoo, the Legion quickly became a formidable concentration of military power. 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