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The Mormon Battalion began its march on July 16, 1846, and completed it on January 29, 1847, traveling over 2000 miles from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to San Diego. Remembered for heroic sacrifice and history-making achievements, the march helped win California for the Union and opened a new road to the Pacific over desert wastes. U.S. Army records declared that history could be searched in vain for an equal march of infantry.
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San Diego, California · United States