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JAMES BROWN, Captain. On detached service since
Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of the
West. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847. He was
appointed to take command of a sick detachment sent by Colonel Doniphan
from Santa Fe to Pueblo. They marched from Santa Fe Oct. 18, 1846, and
arrived at Pueblo Nov. 17, following, where they joined Captain
HIGGINS’ detachment, which had been sent from the Arkansas River. He
died in Ogden, Utah, Sept 30, 1865.
GEORGE W. ROSECRANS. First Lieutenant. Mustered
out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
SAMUEL THOMPSON. Second Lieutenant. Mustered out
with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
ROBERT CLIFT. (Muster Roll shows a dash in place
of rank) Remark on Tyler’s list ‘Promoted from Orderly Sergeant to
Third Lieutenant. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los
Angeles, Cal.
Re-enlisted in Captain DAVIS’ new Company A, at Los Angeles, Cal., July
20, 1847, as Junior Second Lieutenant.
ELIJAH ELMER. First Sergeant. Mustered out with
Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
ORSON B. ADAMS. Sergeant. On detached service
since Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of
the West. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847. On the
journey of the Mormons through Iowa, after being driven out of Nauvoo,
ORSON B. ADAMS was appointed Distributing Commissary of one of the
fifties into which the organization was divided. The duties of these
officers were to make a righteous distribution among their fifties of
corn, provision, and such articles which were used for the use of the
camp. (“Journeyings in the Wilderness,” in Historical record, Vol. VIII
page 885)
EDWARD MARTIN. Sergeant. Mustered out with Company
July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. In Tyler’s list MARTIN was Third
Corporal, and JOEL J. TERRILL was Third Sergeant.
DANIEL TYLER, Sergeant. Mustered out with Company
July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. This man is the author of ‘A
Concise History of the Mormon Battalion.’ On his list he is entered as
Fourth Corporal. After their muster out he acted as one of the Captains
of fifties, to lead the members of the Battalion over the Sierra Nevada
mountains to the Great Salt Lake Valley. An account of the difficulties
and sufferings of that march is given in his History of the Battalion,
as we find it quoted in Vol. VIII of the Historical record, pages
928-933.
RUSSELL G. BROWNELL. First Corporal. (In Tyler’s
list he appears as Musician.) Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847,
at Los Angeles, Cal.
ALEXANDER BROWN. Corporal. On detached service
since Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of
the West. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847
WILLIAM SQUIRES, Corporal. On detached service
since Nov. 10, 1846, by Order No. 16. Mustered out with detachment, to
date July 16, 1847.
THORET PECK (Tyler’s list, THORIT PECK) Appointed
Corporal June 2, 1847, by Order No. 26. Mustered out with Company July
16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. Re-enlisted in Captain DAVIS’ new
Company A, at Los Angeles, Cal., July 20, 1847 as Corporal.
RICHARD D. SPRAGUE, Musician. Mustered out with
Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. Re-enlisted in Captain
DAVIS’ new Company A, at Los Angeles, Cal, July 20, 1847 as Musician
EZRA H. ALLEN, Musician. Mustered out with Company
July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. (This name does not appear in
Tyler’s list at all.)
WESLEY ADAIR. Private. Mustered out with Company
July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
LORENZO BABCOCK, Private. On detached service
since Nov. 10, 1846, by Battalion Order No. 16. Mustered out with
detachment, to date July 16, 1847
ADDISON BAILEY, Private. Mustered out with Company
July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. Re-enlisted in Captain DAVIS’ new
Company A, at Los Angeles, Cal July 20 1847
JEFFERSON BAILEY, Private, Mustered out with
Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. Re-enlisted in Captain
DAVIS’ new Company A, at Los Angeles, Cal July 20, 1847
WALTER BARNEY, Private. Sick. Mustered out with
Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
WILLIAM E. BECKSTED. (Tyler’s list, WILLIAM E.
BECKSTAD) Private. On detached service since Oct. 17, 1846, by order of
Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of the West. Mustered out with
detachment, to date July 16, 1847.
ABNER BLACKBOURN (Tyler’s list, ABNER BLACKBURN)
Private. On detached service since Nov. 10, 1846, by Battalion Order
No. 16. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847.
JOHN BRIMHALL, Private. On detached service since
Nov. 10, 1846, by Battalion Order No. 16. Mustered out with Detachment,
to date July 16, 1847.
JASON J. BROWN, (Tyler’s list, JESSE J. BROWN)
Private. On detached service since Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel
Doniphan, Commanding Army of the West. Mustered out with detachment, to
date July 16, 1847, as JESSE S. BROWN.
WILLIAM BURT. Private. On detached service since
Nov. 10, 1846, by Battalion Order No. 16. Mustered out with detachment,
to date July 16, 1847
JOHN CALVERT, Private. On detached service since
Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of the
West. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847
ISAAC CARPENTER, Private. On detached service
since Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of
the West. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847
WILLIAM H. CARPENTER, Private. On detached service
since Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of
the West. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847
GEORGE W. CATLIN, Private. Mustered out with
Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
JAMES CLIFT. Private. Mustered out with Company
July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. Re-enlisted in Captain DAVIS’ new
Company A, at Los Angeles, Cal, July 20, 1847
STEPHEN CONDIT (Tyler’s list, JEPTHA CONDIT)
Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
JOHN Q. A. CORAL (Tyler’s list, JOHN Q. A. COVIL)
Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
Re-enlisted in Captain DAVIS’ new Company A, at Los Angeles, Cal, July
20, 1847
EDWARD DALTON, Private. On detached service since
Nov. 10, 1846, by Battalion Order No. 16. Mustered out with detachment,
to date July 16, 1847
HARVEY DALTON, (Tyler’s list, HARRY DALTON)
Private. On detached service since Nov. 10, 1846, by Battalion Order
No. 16. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847, as HARRY
DALTON
AUGUSTUS E. DODGE, Private. On extra duty in
employ of the Quartermaster. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847,
at Los Angeles, Cal.
NEEL DONELL (Tyler’s list, NEAL DONALD) Private.
Sick. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
Re-enlisted in Captain DAVIS’ new Company A, at Los Angeles, Cal July
20, 1847.
JAMES DUN (Tyler’s list, JAMES DUNN) Private. On
detached service since Nov. 10, 1846, by Battalion Order No. 16.
Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847, as JAMES DUNN.
FRANCILLO DURFY (Tyler’s list, FRANCILLO DURPHY)
Private. On detached service since Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel
Doniphan, Commanding Army of the West. Mustered out with detachment to
date July 16, 1847.
HIRAM W. FELLOWS, Private. Mustered out with
Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. Re-enlisted in Captain
DAVIS’ new Company A, at Los Angeles, Cal., July 20, 1847
JOHN FIFE, Private. Mustered out with Company July
16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
LEVI FIFIELD, Private. On extra duty in employ of
the Quartermaster. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los
Angeles, Cal.
LOREN FORBUSH (Tyler’s list, LORIN FORBUSH)
Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
THOMAS GIBSON. Private. Mustered out with Company
July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
JOHN C. GOULD. Private. On detached service since
Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of the
West. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847
SAMUEL GOULD, Private. On detached service since
Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of the
West. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847
JOHN GREEN, Private. On detached service since
Nov. 10, 1846, by Battalion Order No. 16. Died Nov. 15, 1846. He died
on the road to Santa Fe, from a point on the Rio Grande River, being
one of Lieutenant WILLIS’ sick detachment.
CHARLES HANCOCK. Private. Mustered out with
Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
GEORGE HANCOCK. (Tyler’s list, GEORGE W. HANCOCK)
Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
EBENEZER HARMON. Private. Mustered out with
Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. Re-enlisted in Captain
DAVIS’ new Company A, at Los Angeles, Cal July 20, 1847
LORENZO F. HARMON. Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at
Los Angeles, Cal. Re-enlisted in Captain DAVIS’ new Company A, at Los
Angeles, Cal, July 20, 1847
MELTHIAH HATCH (Tyler’s list, MELTLIAH) Private.
Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
ORIN HATCH. Private. Mustered out with Company
July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
JAMES HENDRICKSON. Private. On detached service
since Sept 17, 1846, by order of Acting Lieutenant Colonel A.J. SMITH.
Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847. (Tyler does not
give this name in CAPTAIN HIGGINS’ party)
THEDIAD HOLDAWAY (Tyler’s list, SHADRACH HOLDAWAY)
Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
WILLIAM HOLT. Private. Mustered out with Company
July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
THOMAS C. IVIE, Private. On detached service since
May 14, 1847, by order of GENERAL KEARNY. Discharged July 16, 1847, on
Bear River, Oregon.
JARVIS JOHNSON, Private. On detached service since
Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of the
West. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847
JESSE W. JOHNSON, Private. On detached service
since Nov. 10, 1846, by Battalion Order No. 16. Mustered out with
detachment, to date July 16, 1847
WILLIAM S. JOHNSON, (Tyler’s list, WILLIAM J.
JOHNSON) Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los
Angeles, Cal.
EBENEZER LANDERS. Private. On detached service
since May 14, 1847, by order of GENERAL KEARNY. Discharged July 16,
1847, on Bear River, Oregon.
THURSTON LARSON. Private. On detached service
since Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel Doniphan, Cammanding Army of
the West. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847
CHRISTOPHER LEIGHTON. (Tyler’s list, CHRISTOPHER
LAYTON) Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los
Angeles, Cal.
SAMUEL LEWIS, Private. Mustered out with Company
July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
LEVI N. MCCOLLOUGH (Tyler’s list, LEVI H.
MCCULLOUGH) Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los
Angeles, Cal. Re-enlisted in Captain DAVIS’ new Company A, at Los
Angeles, Cal, July 20, 1847
BENJAMIN MAYGARD (Tyler’s list, BENJAMIN MAGGARD)
Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
Re-enlisted in Captain DAVIS’ new Company A, at Los Angeles, Cal., July
20, 1847
ORLANDO F. MEAD. Private. Mustered out with
Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
HENRY B. MILLER (This name does not appear on
Tyler’s list) Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los
Angeles, Cal.
CALVIN W. MOORE (Tyler’s list, CALVIN W. MORE)
Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
HARRY MOREY (Tyler’s list, HARLEY MOREY) Private.
On detached service Sept 17, 1846, by order of Acting Lieutenant
Colonel A. J. SMITH. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16,
1847, as HARLEY MOWREY.
JOHN F. MOWERY (Tyler’s list, JOHN T. MOWERY)
Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
JAMES MYLER, Private. Sick. Mustered out with
Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
JAVIS NOWLAN (Tyler’s list, JAVIS NOWLIN) Private.
On detached service since Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel Doniphan,
Commanding Army of the West. Mustered out with detachment, to date July
16, 1847
HYRAM OLMSTEAD (Tyler’s list, HIRAM OLMSTEAD)
Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
JUDSON PEARSON, (Tyler’s list, JUDSON A. PERSONS)
Private. On detached service since Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel
Doniphan, Commanding Army of the West. Mustered out with detachment, to
date July 16, 1847
ISAAC PECK, Private. Mustered out with Company
July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. Re-enlisted in Captain DAVIS’ new
Company A, at Los Angeles, Cal, July 20, 1847
GEORGE PECKUP (Tyler’s list, GEORGE PICKUP)
Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
DAVID PERKINS (Tyler’s list, DAVID MARTIN PERKINS)
Private. On detached service since Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel
Doniphan, Commanding Army of the West. Mustered out with detachment, to
date July 16, 1847
JOHN PERKINS, Private. On detached service since
Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of the
West. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847. In Tyler’s
History of the Mormon Battalion it is stated that, on the 19th of
January, 1847, ‘JOHN PERKINS, a fine young man, died at Pueblo, after a
lingering illness, and was buried the following day.’ (Historical
record, Vol. VIII page 919). It is hard to reconcile this with the
official report, that he was mustered out in July. We understand,
however, that the muster-out was made from the rolls; that the detached
men were not assembled, or seen by the Mustering Officer. (See also M.
S. BLANCHARD, Company A)
DAVID PULSIFER (Tyler’s list, DAVID PULSIPHER)
Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
WILLIAM REYNOLDS. Private. On detached service
since May 14, 1847, by order of GENERAL KEARNY. Discharged July 16,
1847, on Bear River, Oregon.
BENJAMIN RICHEY (Tyler’s list, BENJAMIN RICHIE)
Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
BENJAMIN RICHMOND. Private. On detached service
since Nov. 10, 1846, by Battalion Order No. 16. Mustered out with
detachment, to date July 16, 1847, as BENJAMIN B. RICHMOND.
JOHN I. RISER (Tyler’s list, JOHN JACOB RISER)
Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
WILLIAM W. RUST. Private. On detached service
since Nov. 10, 1846, by Battalion Order No. 16. Mustered out with
detachment, to date July 16, 1847. In a report of LIEUTENANT WILLIS,
commanding this detachment, this man is mentioned as DOCTOR RUST. (‘The
Mormon Battalion,’ in Historical Record, Vol. VIII, page 917)
JOSEPH SHIPLY (Tyler’s list, JOSEPH SHIPLEY)
Private. On detached service since Nov 10 1846, by Battalion Order No.
16. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847.
AURORA SHUMWAY, Private. Mustered out with Company
July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. Re-enlisted in Captain DAVIS’ new
Company A, at Los Angeles, Cal, July 20, 1847.
ANDREW I. SHUPE, (Tyler’s list, ANDREW JACKSON
SHUPE) Private. On detached service since Oct. 17, 1846, by order of
Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of the West. Mustered out with
detachment, to date July 16, 1847.
JAMES SHUPE, Private. On detached service since
Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of the
West. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847 as JAMES W.
SHUPE.
MILTON SMITH, Private. On detached service since
Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of the
West. Died Oct. 27, 1846
RICHARD SMITH, Private. On detached service since
Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of the
West. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847, as RICHARD
D. SMITH.
JOEL I. TERRILL (Tyler’s list, JOEL J. TERRILL,
Third Sergeant) Private. On detached service since Oct. 17, 1846, by
order of Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of the West. Mustered out
with detachment, to date July 16, 1847
ELIJAH THOMAS, Private. Mustered out with Company
July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
NATHAN T. THOMAS, Private. On detached service
since Nov. 10, 1846, by Battalion Order No. 16. Mustered out with
detachment, to date July 16, 1847
JAMES L. THOMPSON, Private. Mustered out with
Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
SOLOMON TINDALL, Private. On detached service
since Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of
the West. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847.
JACOB N. TRUMAN, Private. Mustered out with
Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. He was one of the pioneer
company which started May 1, 1848, to pioneer a wagon road over the
Sierra Nevada mountains, but abandoned the attempt. (Historical record,
Vol. VIII, page 935)
ELANSON TUTTLE, Private. On detached service since
May 14, 1847, by order of GENERAL KEARNY. Discharged July 16, 1847, on
Bear River, Oregon.
EDWARD D. WADE (Tyler’s list, EDWARD W. WADE)
Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
MOSES WADE, Private. Mustered out with Company
July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
MADISON WEALCH (Tyler’s list, MADISON WELSH)
Private. On detached service since Nov 10, 1846, by Battalion Order No.
16. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847
HENRY WHEELER, Private. Mustered out with Company
July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
JOHN S. WHITE (Tyler’s list, JOHN J. WHITE)
Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
MATHEW WILCOX, Private. Mustered out with Company
July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
DAVID WILKEY (Tyler’s list, DAVID WILKIN, Fourth
Sergeant) Private. On detached service since Oct. 17, 1846, by order of
Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of the West. Mustered out with
detachment, to date July 16, 1847.
WILLIAM WOOD, Private. Mustered out with Company
July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
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