""In 1857 President Buchanan quietly sent new officials to rule
the Utah Territory and replace Brigham Young as the territorial
governor. With no official announcement, the new leaders were
accompanied by a twenty-five-hundred-member troop under the
leadership of Col. Albert Sidney Johnston. The secrecy, the size of
the military force, and past experiences caused the Mormons to
mistakenly believe they were about to be invaded by the federal
government. Utah's territorial militia, the Nauvoo Legion, readied
itself against the impending invasion until disagreement and
disapproval in Washington finally led to successful diplomacy and a
reluctant peace.
LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen have brought together the principal
official documents pertaining to these singular and nearly tragic
events as well as excerpts from the diaries and journals of the
central figures, speeches given in Congress and in Utah, and
pertinent correspondence.
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