The Far West and the Rockies Historical Series The Utah Expedition 1857-1858 Volume 8
The Utah Expedition 1857-1858
Edited by LeRoy R. Hafen and Ann W. Hafen
- Glendale, CA Arthur H. Clark Company 1960
- 375 p.
- Far West and Rockies Historical Series Volume 8 .
General orders for the military expedition -- Mission of Captain Van Vliet -- Colonel Alexander's reports on advance of troops and relations with Brigham Young -- Diary of Captain Phelps -- Colonel Johnston takes troops into winter quarters -- Mormon reactions to the approach of the military expedition -- Mormon operations against the United States Army -- Congressional reactions to the Utah expedition -- Thomas L. Kane's mission of reconciliation -- Governor Cumming's reports and correspondence -- The peace commission and settlement of difficulties.
A documentary account of the United States military movement under colonel Albert Sidney Johnston, and the resistance by Brigham Young and the Mormon Nauvoo Legion.