Mormon Battalion

thumb Mormon Battalion The Mormon Battalion was an infantry wikt:battalion battalion of the United States Army. It was the only religious unit in the military history of the United States recruited solely from one religious body and having a religious title as the unit designation. The volunteers served from July 1846 to July 1847 during the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848. The battalion was a volunteer unit of between 543 and 559 enlisted soldiers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints led by Mormon junior officers and non-Mormon senior officers. During its service, the battalion made a march of nearly 1,950 miles from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to San Diego, California. Quotes There are similarities, as well as obvious differences, in the epic of the Mormon Battalion and the epic of Tai Ji Men wikt:弟子 dizi struggle for peace and justice, as described in the book “Who Stole Their Youth?” In both cases, a generation of members of a minority spiritual movement suffered persecution. In both cases, youth answered generously to the need of protecting their movement from persecution and to the inspired worlds of their leader. Massimo Introvigne, "California Land of the Free: The Mormon Battalion and the Tai Ji Men Case", Bitter Winter (October 24, 2023) Taijimen (太極門 in written Chinese) is a Taoist wikt:門派 menpai of qigong. External links Category:United States Army