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The Mormon Battalion Historic Site is a historic site in Old Town, San Diego, California, built in honor of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who served in the United States Army 's Mormon Battalion during the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848. [1] The battalion was stationed in Old Town in 1847 ...
The battalion was a volunteer unit of between 534 [4] [5] and 559 [6] [Note 1] Latter-day Saint men, led by Mormon company officers commanded by regular U.S. Army officers. During its service, the battalion made a grueling march of nearly 1,950 miles from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to San Diego, California .
The Mormon Battalion Monument is a historic bronze statue in Presidio Park, San Diego, California. It represents the archetypal member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who served in the United States Army 's Mormon Battalion during the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848.
Cooke's Wagon Road or Cooke's Road was the first wagon road between the Rio Grande and the Colorado River to San Diego, through the Mexican provinces of Nuevo México, Chihuahua, Sonora and Alta California, established by Philip St. George Cooke and the Mormon Battalion, from October 19, 1846 to January 29, 1847 during the Mexican–American War.
Mormon Battalion Monument may refer to. Mormon Battalion Monument (Presidio Park, San Diego) Mormon Battalion Monument (Salt Lake City) Mormon Battalion Monument (Sandoval County, New Mexico) Mormon Battalion Historic Site, Museum in San Diego, California. This Is the Place Heritage Park, living-history park in Salt Lake City, Utah with ...
Whig, Democratic. Spouse (s) Celia Mounts. Matilda Nease. Jefferson Hunt (January 20, 1803 – May 11, 1879) was a U.S. western pioneer, soldier, and politician. He was a captain in the Mormon Battalion, brigadier general in the California State Militia, a California State Assemblyman, and a representative to the Utah Territorial Legislature .
Mormon Battalion and California Gold Rush Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial, Los Angeles. In January 1847, the Mormon Battalion arrived in San Diego. Battalion members helped construct a number of building and public works in San Diego. They then traveled to Los Angeles where they built a fort and raised the first American flag in California.
The mission assigned to the Mormon Battalion was to create a continuous wagon road from Santa Fe to San Diego—the first into southern California. The American force, of around 499 riflemen and officers, were commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Philip St. George Cooke. Only an effective force of 360 took part in the trek across the Arizona desert.