Page 5. Mormon Battalion Roster, Utah. of company D. with 14 people in the Company Headquarters … Compiled in July, 1846. Henry (Harry) Dalton was a member of The Mormon Battalion (1847- 1848) Company D along with his brother Edward. US Government Pension Records. Mary’s job was to do the laundry for 16 men. Page 3. One of his wives, Mary McRee, and her son George David, also traveled with the Mormon Battalion. DR William Walker Rust, 14 Aug 1807, 38 years, 18 Sep 1894, 84 years, Company C and Willis Sick Detachment, one of three Mormon doctors in Battalion PVT Richard Twiggs Sanders, 31 May 1828, 18 years, 1858, 30 years, Company E 4. The battalion was organized with 503 men and 46 women and children. ormon Battalion Association™ Our theme is a repeating upward spiral of heritage, service, and legacy.To only retrospectively honor the heritage of the original Mormon Battalion is but a hollow sham if we learn nothing from their humble sacrifice. James was the Captain of Company C, and his two sons served in his company as privates. Microfilm number 937032. Mexican War Service Records 1845-1848. Final Muster Roll of Companies B and C and of the Re-enlistment Company which was called Company A. MORMON BATTALION The following is a documented, researched roster of the Mormon Battalion. Page 1. Mormon Battalion, Utah. Page 2. The battalion made an arduous march of nearly 2,000 miles from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to San Diego, California, led by Mormon company officers under the command of United States Army officers. The sources searched include the following primary documents: 1. MUSTER OUT ROLL of DANIEL C. DAVIS’ COMPANY E, of the Mormon Battalion, the 16th day of July, 1847, when discharge by expiration of term of service.. All ‘Joined for Service and Enrolled at the General Rendezvous,’ July 16, 1846, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and all were ‘Mustered Into Service’ at the same place and on the same date. Available at the LDS Church Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. (John Brown was the Capt. Page 4. Although the Mormon Battalion never engaged in an actual battle, it earned a rightful place in the history of the West. Page 7. The compiler, MAJ Carl V. Larson US MORMON BATTALION INC., has spent the last 20 years in researching and documenting the names which comprise this roster. Page 8. 3. The battalion was a volunteer unit of between 534 and 559 Latter-day Saint men, led by Mormon company officers commanded by regular U. Cousin Henry Simon Dalton was a private in Company B. “The Desert Route” by Levi W. Hancock, Company E A History of the Mormon Battalion By Darryl Montgomery The Mormon Battalion was the only religious "unit" in American military history, serving from July 1846 to July 1847 during the Mexican War. His other three wives and children stayed at Council Bluffs until they could be brought to the Salt Lake Valley. 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