United States Army peacefully enters abandoned Salt Lake Valley under the command of Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
July 26, 1858 ~ Monday
26 During the After noon we had
a hard shower of rain at about dark
President
with 15 wagons, 56 horses & mules started for Big Cotton-
wood Kanyon, and camped up the kanyon a short
distance and camped for the night
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Carrington, Albert
8 Jan 1813 - 19 Sep 1889
231 mentions
Apostle
7 mentions
Hinckley, Arza Erastus
15 Aug 1826 - 18 Feb 1901
76 mentions
Stringham, Briant
1823-1871
10 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
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Young, Brigham (Jr.)
18 Dec 1836 - 11 Apr 1903
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5 mentions
1 mention
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
798 mentions
Apostle
Ellsworth, Edmund
1819-1893
37 mentions
Hanks, Ephraim
1826-1896
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Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
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Apostle
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
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Apostle
Little, Ferrymore
1820-1887
31 mentions
Woolley, Franklin Benjamin
11 Jun 1834 - 21 Mar 1869
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Family
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2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
816 mentions
Apostle
Kesler, Frederick
20 Jan 1816 - 12 Jun 1899
56 mentions
Stringham, George
16 Mar 1790 - 5 Apr 1876
1 mention
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1455 mentions
Apostle
Heath, Henry
1828-1908
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Clawson, Hiram Bradley
7 Nov 1826 - 29 Mar 1912
129 mentions
Spencer, Howard Orson
16 Jun 1838 - 4 Mar 1918
5 mentions
1 mention
1 mention
Little, James Amasa
1822-1908
22 mentions
Ferguson, James
23 Feb 1828 - 30 Aug 1863
71 mentions
Barlow, James Madison
1812-1893
6 mentions
Cummings, James Willard
1819-1883
61 mentions
Kay, John
1836-1905
7 mentions
Young, John Ray
30 Apr 1837 - 15 Sep 1931
10 mentions
Winder, John Rex
1821-1910
107 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1947 mentions
Apostle
Greene, John Young
1826-1880
4 mentions
Young, Joseph Angell
14 Oct 1834 - 5 Oct 1875
76 mentions
Apostle
Simmons, Joseph Marcellus
1824-1872
4 mentions
Young, Joseph Watson
12 Jan 1829 - 7 Jun 1873
63 mentions
Stillson, Lacy
1833-1913
1 mention
Young, Lorenzo Dow
19 Oct 1807 - 21 Nov 1895
123 mentions
Missionary
Jones, Nathaniel V.
1822-1863
26 mentions
Empey, Nelson Adam
1834-1904
25 mentions
Missionary
1 mention
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
693 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1082 mentions
Apostle
Young, Phineas Howe
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56 mentions
Golding, Robert Jackson
1 Dec 1824 - 23 Oct 1883
4 mentions
Burton, Robert Taylor
25 Oct 1821 - 11 Nov 1907
130 mentions
Young, Seymour Bicknell
8 Oct 1837 - 15 Dec 1924
90 mentions
Taylor, Stephen Wells
16 Dec 1834 - 22 Mar 1920
6 mentions
Missionary
Kimball, William Henry
26 Apr 1826 - 29 Dec 1907
47 mentions
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Church members begin returning to their homes in Salt Lake City.