Utah War

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The Utah War was an 1857–1858 armed confrontation between the United States government and Mormon settlers in Utah Territory, sparked by tensions over federal authority and local governance.

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Utah War canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century war ⓘ
armed conflict ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Buchanan’s Blunder ⓘ
Utah Expedition ⓘ
belligerent Mormon settlers in Utah Territory ⓘ
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
United States federal government ⓘ
commander Albert Sidney Johnston ⓘ
Brigham Young ⓘ
Daniel H. Wells ⓘ
conflictType federal–territorial dispute ⓘ
internal U.S. conflict ⓘ
countryInvolved United States of America ⓘ
endTime 1858 ⓘ
followedBy increased federal oversight of Utah Territory ⓘ
hasCause conflict over local governance in Utah Territory ⓘ
controversy over plural marriage among Mormons ⓘ
fears of theocracy in Utah Territory ⓘ
reports of Mormon rebellion against U.S. authority ⓘ
tensions over federal authority in Utah Territory ⓘ
hasParticipant Albert Sidney Johnston ⓘ
Alfred Cumming ⓘ
Brigham Young ⓘ
James Buchanan ⓘ
Nauvoo Legion ⓘ
linked to: Illinois militia

U.S. Army ⓘ
linked to: United States Army
historicalSignificance shaped later federal policy toward Utah statehood ⓘ
tested limits of federal power over U.S. territories ⓘ
initiatedBy James Buchanan ⓘ
location Utah Territory ⓘ
notableEvent Mormon strategy of scorched earth and harassment ⓘ
Mountain Meadows Massacre ⓘ
advance of U.S. Army Utah Expedition ⓘ
partOf history of Mormonism ⓘ
history of the American West ⓘ
precededBy Mormon Reformation ⓘ
primaryTheater South Pass–Fort Bridger route ⓘ
linked to: California Trail

Wasatch Front ⓘ
relatedTo Latter-day Saint migration to Utah ⓘ
linked to: Mormon pioneers

Mormon–U.S. government relations ⓘ
result appointment of Alfred Cumming as governor of Utah Territory ⓘ
formal submission of Utah Territory to federal authority ⓘ
granting of a general pardon to Utah inhabitants ⓘ
negotiated settlement ⓘ
peaceful resolution without major pitched battles ⓘ
replacement of Brigham Young as territorial governor ⓘ
startTime 1857 ⓘ
timePeriod Antebellum United States ⓘ
linked to: Antebellum period

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Echo Canyon, Utah → usedDuring → Utah War ⓘ
Edward J. Steptoe → conflict → Utah War ⓘ
subject linked to: Colonel Edward J. Steptoe