Mormon Battalion Monument

In 1846, with his people camped destitute on the plains, Brigham Young did something unexpected: he sent five hundred of his men to enlist in the U.S. Army. The Mormon Battalion marched two thousand miles from Iowa to San Diego — the longest infantry march in American history — during a war whose fighting they never reached; their only skirmish was against wild bulls. The point was never combat. Their army wages flowed back to sustain the Mormon migration, and their loyalty bought the exiled church standing with the government that had failed to protect it.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• International Peace Gardens — 8.7 mi
  A hidden garden where 28 countries are represented in miniature
• Gilgal Sculpture Garden — 9.2 mi
  A surreal and eccentric sculpture garden hidden in a residential neighborhood
• Liberty Park — 9.4 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882
• This Is The Place Heritage Park — 10 mi
  A living history village at the mouth of Emigration Canyon

More markers nearby

• Union Pioneer Cemetery — steps away
• Cottonwood Paper Mill — 2.8 mi
• Utah Freedom Memorial Battlefield Cross — 3.6 mi
• Utah Freedom Memorial — 3.6 mi