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26042
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1
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15
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English
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From Mormon Battalion Member to Civil War Soldier : The Military Service of Henry Wells Jackson
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Mormon Historical Studies
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2014
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15
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1
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Mormon Historic Sites Foundation
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85-111
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The article discusses the military service of Mormon Henry Wells Jackson. According to the article, Wells was a member of the Mormon Battalion and was the first known member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) to die in a U.S. military conflict as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the U.S. Civil War. The article describes Jackson's membership in the company known as the Mormon Volunteers, his service in the Utah Territorial Militia, and his death during the Battle of the White Bridge in Virginia.
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