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Title: Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return
May 6 to October 3, 1858

Author: William P. Seville

Contributor: Gilbert Thompson

Editor: John W. N. Schulz

Release Date: July 15, 2010 [EBook #33177]

Language: English

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NUMBER 48
OCCASIONAL PAPERS
ENGINEER SCHOOL
UNITED STATES ARMY

Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return

_MAY 6 TO OCTOBER 3, 1858_

A Contribution to the History of the United States Corps of Engineers

_By_

WILLIAM P. SEVILLE
_Artificer in the Company during the March
Captain, First Delaware Volunteer Infantry
in the Civil War_

Revised under the Direction of the Commandant
Engineer School, United States Army

_By_

First Lieut. JOHN W. N. SCHULZ
_Corps of Engineers_

WASHINGTON BARRACKS, D.C.
PRESS OF THE ENGINEER SCHOOL
1912

Introductory Note

_By_ GILBERT THOMPSON

In the spring of 1858, when the Government met with opposition from the
Mormon community, in relation to the appointment of Mr. Cummings as
Governor of the Territory, and Brigham Young's corps of Danites was
being recruited and drilled for active service, it was decided that a
military force should be sent to the seat of the trouble to maintain
the National authority. The expedition numbered several thousand
men--cavalry, artillery, and infantry.

As the grass along what was known as the "Emigrant Route" had been
almost entirely consumed by the numerous mule and ox-trains which had
passed over the Plains during the preceding year, it was found
necessary to make a new road, from the Platte River to the Green, over
which the Army