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MORMON BATTALION CROSSING MEMORIAL PLAQUE

MORMON BATTALION CROSSING MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Location: WEST 8TH STREET

City: YUMA

State: Arizona

Zip Code: 85364

Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone

Year Dedicated: 1992

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR

Photograph By: BILL KIRCHNER

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

THE MORMON BATTALION, 101ST U.S. INFANTRY, CONSISTED OF 500 VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS FROM AMONG THE MORMON PIONEERS. THEY WERE MUSTERED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO SERVE IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO. THIS MEMORIAL MARKS THE APPROXIMATE SITE OF THE CROSSING OF THE COLORADO RIVER BY THE MORMON BATTALION ON 10 AND 11 JANUARY 1847.


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