Mormon Battalion

No. 7

Dedicated

in commemoration

the heroic sacrifice and

history-making achievements

of the

Mormon Battalion

"whose march over 2000 miles

from Council Bluffs, Iowa to San Diego

help to win California for the Union

and open a new road to the Pacific

over desert wastes"

began July 16, 1846

completed January 29, 1847.

"History may be searched in vain

for an equal march of infantry."

-U.S. Army Records

Marker is on Jackson Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Credits and Sources:

HMDB