Before there was a Mormon Battalion -- The task of raising a 500 man Mormon Battalion -- Benefits and values to the Waiting Saints -- Departure of the Battalion -- The march from Council Bluffs to Fort Leavenworth -- Fort Leavenworth to the Arkansas River -- The Arkansas River detachment, journey to Pueblo -- Marching on to Santa Fe -- The Santa Fe detachment, a second group of sick leave for Pueblo -- Marching from Santa Fe, struggling across on the desert -- The Rio Grande sick detachment leaves for Pueblo -- The sick detachments, dependents and Mississippi Saints winter at Pueblo -- Across the Colorado River and on to California -- Garrison duty for the Battalion -- Honorable discharge of the Mormon Battalion : some leave and some stay on -- Time to go on to Salt Lake Valley, etc. -- Accomplishments of the Mormon Battalion.
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