Utah War Sources

Primary Documents & Government Records

  • President James Buchanan’s Proclamation – Rebellion in the Territory of Utah (April 6, 1858)
  • Brigham Young’s Proclamation Declaring Martial Law (1857)
    • Source: https://archive.org/download/mormonrebellionb00curtrich/mormonrebellionb00curtrich_djvu.txt
  • U.S. Marshal Peter K. Dotson’s Letter of Resignation (1859)
    • Source: https://archive.org/stream/saltlakecitydire00geor/saltlakecitydire00geor_djvu.txt
  • Judge John Cradlebaugh’s Speech to Congress on the Lawlessness of Utah (1863)
    • Source: https://sacred-texts.com/mor/hou/hou24.htm
  • Ann Eliza Young, Wife No. 19: The Story of a Life in Bondage (1876)
    • Source: https://archive.org/details/wifeno19orstoryo00youn

Books & Academic Sources

  • Bagley, Will. Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows (2002)
    • https://archive.org/details/bloodofprophetsb0000bagl
  • Bigler, David L., and Will Bagley. The Mormon Rebellion: America's First Civil War, 1857–1858 (2011)
    • https://archive.org/download/mormonrebellionb00curtrich/mormonrebellionb00curtrich_djvu.txt
  • Kouris, Norman F. Camp Floyd and the Mormons: The Utah War (2004)
    • https://issuu.com/utah10/docs/daggettcountyhistory
  • MacKinnon, William P. At Sword’s Point: A Documentary History of the Utah War (2008)
    • https://archive.org/download/mormonrebellionb00curtrich/mormonrebellionb00curtrich_djvu.txt
  • MacKinnon, William P. The Utah War: A Forgotten Chapter in Frontier History (1998)
    • https://archive.org/download/mormonrebellionb00curtrich/mormonrebellionb00curtrich_djvu.txt
  • Nichols, Roy F. Buchanan and the American Empire (1997)
    • https://archive.org/download/buchananbooklife00buchuoft/buchananbooklife00buchuoft.pdf
  • Quinn, D. Michael. The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power (1997)
    • https://archive.org/details/mormonhierarchyo0000quin
  • Walker, Ronald W. Wayward Saints: The Social and Religious Protests of the Godbeites against Brigham Young (1998)
    • https://www.amazon.com/Wayward-Saints-Religious-Protests-Godbeites/dp/0842527354