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Mormon Battalion Historic Site

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Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
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+1 619-298-3317

Hours:
Sunday1pm - 9pm
Monday9am - 9pm
Tuesday9am - 9pm
Wednesday9am - 9pm
Thursday9am - 9pm
Friday9am - 9pm
Saturday9am - 9pm


The Mormon Battalion, the only religiously based unit in United States military history, served from July 1846 – July 1847 during the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848. The battalion was a volunteer unit of between 534 and 559 Latter-day Saints men, led by Mormon company officers commanded by regular U.S. Army officers. During its service, the battalion made a grueling march of nearly 2,000 miles from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to San Diego, California. The battalion’s march and service supported the eventual cession of much of the American Southwest from Mexico to the United States, especially the Gadsden Purchase of 1853 of southern Arizona and New Mexico. The march also opened a southern wagon route to California. Veterans of the battalion played significant roles in America's westward expansion in California, Utah, Arizona and other parts of the West.
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