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  • ...ecret societies instituted what were called the Pittsburg riots. The State militia was called out to quell them, and they were not able to do it. The army of
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  • ...r: the following is the exterminating order under which this mob millitia [militia] acting. Head Quarters of the Militia,
    66 KB (11,683 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
  • ...pped and ready for any duty he may be called upon to perform as one of the militia of the county; and if any refuse to obey the laws of the land, I would try
    29 KB (5,632 words) - 14:34, 13 April 2024
  • ...the other day at camp Wasatch. In the prayer were these words—that "the militia might be enabled to keep their guns bright and their powder dry." We know h
    14 KB (2,724 words) - 14:35, 13 April 2024
  • ...he necessity of keeping ourselves armed and having in our midst a vigilant militia. In the year 1853 the inhabitants found it necessary to encircle this city
    34 KB (6,021 words) - 14:36, 13 April 2024
  • ...reak|121|top}} must disperse among the people; if you do not, remember the militia will be upon you." We bid them good bye and left our property; we would not
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  • ...nd the government of the State; and in October, thirty-five hundred of the militia of the State of Missouri were marched against a few of us in Far West. They
    19 KB (3,602 words) - 14:42, 13 April 2024
  • ...who, at that time, was commander of a brigade, composed, I believe, of the militia of the County of Clay, and who declared that the execution of that sentence ...ppointed by the Governor to this command, arrived and took command of this militia. General Atchison was the ranking officer, being the general of a division
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  • ...ch, where will it end? Will it end with the imprisonment of men who act as militia men? No; if such acts of usurpation continue, no citizen will be safe, and
    37 KB (6,940 words) - 14:41, 13 April 2024
  • ...get rid of them, Lilburn W. Boggs, governor and commander-in-chief of the militia of the State of Missouri, issued an exterminating order, threatening the La
    32 KB (5,876 words) - 14:46, 13 April 2024
  • ...Far West, in Caldwell County, in the year 1838, the General who headed the militia that came out under the exterminating order of Governor Boggs of Missouri,
    35 KB (6,566 words) - 14:47, 13 April 2024
  • ...s the gathering of the people together. As General Clark said, Who led the militia at Far West, when the brethren were prisoners: said he: "I would advise you
    38 KB (7,095 words) - 14:47, 13 April 2024
  • ...elves, and did not require any of his aid, for we had an organized body of militia that were quite competent to protect us from their mobs, and asked his advi
    42 KB (7,949 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
  • ...o directed his principal generals and aides-de-camp to gather together the militia of the State, and expel the Saints from the State. And in this executive or
    39 KB (6,840 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
  • ...In that order he called upon his aids and principal generals to rally the militia of the State to execute the order of extermination that he issued. They des
    25 KB (4,662 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
  • ...going; and answering them correctly he was then asked if he knew where the militia were; he told them he did not know of any. They then told him to face about NEHEMIAH COMSTOCK Capt. Militia
    67 KB (11,850 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
  • ...idate William Peniston, a "local Whig politician and colonel of the county militia." (Bushman, p. 357) According to Brodie, "one of the candidates, Willi ...s. In October 1838 a Mormon contingent skirmished with the Richmond County militia at the Battle of Crooked River. Three Mormons and a Missourian were killed.
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  • ...municipal courts, the establishment of a university, and the creation of a militia unit known as the "Nauvoo Legion." Smith dreamed of industrial projects, an
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  • ...as Ford, desperately trying to prevent civil war, then mobilized the state militia. ...e Legion. Non-Mormons pressured Governor Thomas Ford to mobilize the state militia." {{CriticalWork:Ostling:Mormon America|pages=16}}
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  • ...am-ondi-Ahman. Here let it be distinctly understood that this company were militia of the county of Caldwell, acting under Lieutenant-Colonel George M. Hinkle
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