But there was no war, at least not ... By the time he arrived in Missouri that January, non-Mormons were assaulting Mormons and raiding their settlements; a secret Mormon group called the Sons ...

The Mormon military service is also unique in American history because the LDS Church has fielded military units for its own support and purpose beginning in 1838 in Missouri through the end of the ...

Conversely, residents of Missouri ... Reacting to anti-Mormon harassment, church leader Sidney Rigdon gave an intemperate July 4th oration in which he spoke of a "war of extermination" between ...