Perang Utah
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Perang Utah (1857–1858), juga dikenal sebagai Ekspedisi Utah,[1] Utah Campaign,[2] Buchanan's Blunder,[3] the Mormon War,[4] or the Mormon Rebellion[5] was an armed confrontation between Mormon settlers in the Utah Territory and the armed forces of the United States government. The confrontation lasted from May 1857 to July 1858. There were some casualties, mostly non-Mormon civilians. The war had no notable military battles.
Perang Utah | |||||||
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Pihak terlibat | |||||||
United States | Deseret / Utah Mormons (Nauvoo Legion) | ||||||
Tokoh dan pemimpin | |||||||
Pres. James Buchanan Gen. Albert S. Johnston |
Gov. Brigham Young Gen. Daniel H. Wells Cap. Lot Smith | ||||||
Kekuatan | |||||||
2,500 | unknown | ||||||
Korban | |||||||
38 | Unknown | ||||||
Civilians: 126 killed (120 in Mountain Meadows Massacre) |
Referensi
- ^ Le Roy Reuben Hafen; Ann Woodbury Hafen (1958). The Utah expedition, 1857–1858: a documentary account of the United States military movement under Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston, and the resistance by Brigham Young and the Mormon Nauvoo Legion. A. H. Clark Co. Diakses tanggal 14 May 2012.
- ^ William Preston Johnston; Albert Sidney Johnston (1878). The life of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston. D. Appleton. hlm. 207. Diakses tanggal 14 May 2012.
- ^ Poll, Richard D., and Ralph W. Hansen. "'Buchanan's Blunder' The Utah War, 1857–1858", in Military Affairs 25, 3 (1961): 121–131
- ^ "The Mormon War." (PDF), New York Times, 19 May 1858
- ^ "The Mormon Rebellion" (PDF), New York Times, 16 February 1858