The Mormon Battalion, Its History and AchievementsRoberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
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The Mormon Battalion, Its History and Achievements
Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Regimental histories -- United States; United States. Army. Mormon Battalion
Page 24: would amount [original has amout] to $42.00 each
Page 24: pay of the soldiers that had accrued [original has
accured]
Page 24: first [original has fiirst] sergeant, $16.00 per month
Page 25: winter supply of the Camp." [quotation mark missing in
original]
Page 26: where they were destined to go without." [quotation
mark missing in original]
Page 26: experienced in raising [original has rasing] the
Battalion
Page 28: commissioned officer of the regular army [original has
mary]
Page 32: [original has extraneous quotation mark] By special
arrangement
Page 32: not very available at Santa Fe [original has
extraneous comma]
Page 36: Through sand, beneath a burning sun." [quotation mark
missing in original]
Page 36: through Sonora via [original has of] Janos and
Fronteras
Page 37: 'I will go there or die in the attempt. [period
missing in original]'
Page 40: message from Captain Comaduran [original has
Comandurau]
Page 41: "Adjutant." [quotation mark missing in original]
Page 42: it was signed, December 30, 1853. [period missing in
original]
Page 43: called tornia, a variety of the mezquit. [period
missing in original]
Page 45: was [original has kas] "the most trying of any
Page 45: the skin from the leg of an ox. [period missing in
original]
Page 46: Near eleven, [A. M. [period missing in original]] I
reached
Page 46: dependence on muddy wells for five or six
days. [period missing in original]
Page 48: too narrow by a foot of solid rock. [period missing in
original]
Page 49: round one side, a cold one around the other. [period
missing in original]
Page 49: fallen upon the rainy season. [original has extraneous
quotation mark]
Page 49: "The ill-clad [original has ill-crad] Battalion," he
continues
Page 49: the announcement that Gen. [period missing in
original] Kearny
Page 51: of the snow-capped mountains." [quotation mark missing
in original]
Page 51: military brevity the achievements [original has
achievemets]
Page 52: these first wagons to the Pacific [original has
Pacifice]
Page 53: Lieutenants A. [period missing in original] J. Smith
and George Stoneman
Page 54: "Some had not shaved [quotation mark missing in
original]
Page 54: a year's growth had to be sacrificed [original has
sacrified]
Page 55: vermin, and no person, however [original has howevevr]
cleanly
Page 55: "Colonel Cooke and Lieutenant Stoneman commenced
[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 55: nine privates of Company A. [period missing in
original]
Page 59: be accepted. [period missing in original]
Page 59: induce the Battalion to re-enlist. [period missing in
original]
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