Add participants in the Utah War of 1857 to this project. You can visit HistoryLink to find out which projects include your ancestors. The Utah War , also known as the Utah Expedition , Utah Campaign , Buchanan's Blunder , the Mormon War , or the Mormon Rebellion was an armed confrontation between Mormon settlers in the Utah Territory and the armed forces of the United States government. The co...
Add Danites and suspected Danites to this project. You can visit HistoryLink to find out which projects include your ancestors. == History ==The Danites were a fraternal organization founded by Latter Day Saint (LDS) members in June 1838, in the town of Far West in Caldwell County, Missouri. During their period of organization in Missouri, the Danites operated as a vigilante group and took a ce...
The Mormon War is a name sometimes given to the 1838 conflict which occurred between Latter Day Saints (Mormons) and their neighbors in the northwestern region of the US state of Missouri. This conflict is also sometimes referred to as the Missouri Mormon War to differentiate it from the Utah Mormon War (also known as the "Utah War") and the lesser known Illinois Mormon War.The specific dates o...