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Battalion 1786
Battalion – The Mormon Battalion was the only religious unit in US military history in federal service
and was recruited solely from one religious body and having a religious title as the unit designation.
After following the San Pedro River north for about 50 miles, the Mormon Battalion camped on the
evening of Dec. 13, 1846. That site subsequently became the settlement of St. David, Arizona.
