MORMON BATTALION SOLDIER MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: WEST WETLANDS PARK-COLORADO STREET AND WATER STREET
City: YUMA
State: Arizona
Zip Code: 85369
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 2007
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR
Photograph By: BILL KIRCHNER
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
THE MORMON BATTALION 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.THE BATTALION WAS THEN ASSIGNED ITS UNIQUE MISSION: TO CARVE OUT A WAGON ROAD FROM NEW MEXICO TO CALIFORNIA SO THE ARMY COULD MORE EASILY SUPPLY ITS OUTPOST. THIS LEAD TO THE LONGEST MARCH IN THE HISTORY OF ANY U.S. INFANTRY UNIT.
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