Mormon Motivation for Enlisting in the Civil War

Authors

Brant Ellsworth
Kenneth L. Alford Ph.D., Brigham Young University - UtahFollow

Keywords

Latter-day Saints, Mormons, American Civil War, military, Utah Territory, Brigham Young, rage militaire, David H. Peery, Joseph Barlow Forbes, David Crockett Stuart, Lorenzo Dow Watson, Reuben Parley Miller, Edwin Brown, Hans N. Chlarson, John Rozsa, William H. Norman, John E. Davis, Union, Confederate, soldiers

Abstract

A discussion of several Latter-day Saint (Mormon) Union and Confederate soldiers who served in the American Civil War.

Original Publication Citation

Brant Ellsworth and Kenneth L. Alford, “Mormon Motivation for Enlisting in the Civil War,” in Civil War Saints, Kenneth L. Alford, ed. (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2012), 183–201.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Ellsworth, Brant and Alford, Kenneth L. Ph.D., "Mormon Motivation for Enlisting in the Civil War" (2012). Faculty Publications. 1705.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/1705

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2012

Permanent URL

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/3645

Publisher

BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book

Language

English

College

Religious Education

Department

Church History and Doctrine

University Standing at Time of Publication

Associate Professor

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