Capt. Jesse Gove of the 10th Regt. describes the return journey of the Utah Expedition sent out by President Buchanan against the Mormons in 1857. Gove records the trip from Fort Bridger by way of the Green River, Big and Little Sandy, Pacific Po...
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West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
Gove, Jesse Augustus, 1824-1862., United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 10th., and Utah Expedition
Subject (Topic):
Latter Day Saints, History, and Description and travel
The papers, written to or by Thomas Ellerbeck during his service as Colonel of Ordnance, include records of inventories, stores of arms, ammunition, bills, receipts and commissary supplies of the Nauvoo Legion, and general order no. 12 ...
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Thomas Ellerbeck, originally from England, converted to Mormonism and came to Utah in 1851. He served as Brigham Young's clerk, as engineer for the Salt Lake City Waterworks, and as Colonel of Ordnance of the Utah militia in the Nauvoo Legion.
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Jefferson Barracks (Saint Louis, Mo.) and Utah.
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Browning, Jonathan., Colebrook, Charles., Ellerbeck, Thomas Witton, 1829-1895., Harney, William Selby, 1800-1889., McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885., Richards, F. D. 1821-1899. (Franklin Dewey),, Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866., Wells, Daniel Hanmer, 1814-1891., Wootton, Francis H., Young, Brigham, 1801-1877., Nauvoo Legion., United States. War Department., and Utah Expedition
