Gettysburg to Great Salt Lake : George R. Maxwell, Civil War hero and federal marshal among the Mormons / by John Gary Maxwell.

"Following distinguished Civil War service that took one of his legs and rendered an arm useless, General George R. Maxwell was sent to Utah Territory and charged - first as Register of Land, then as U.S. marshal - with bringing the Mormons into compliance with federal law. John Gary Maxwell's biogr...

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Main Author: Maxwell, John Gary, 1933-
Language:English
Published: Norman, Okla. : Arthur H. Clark Co./University of Oklahoma Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Maxwell, George R., > 1842-1889.
United States. > Army. > Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1866)
United States marshals > Utah > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life > Utah.
Latter Day Saints > Utah > History > 19th century.
Soldiers > Michigan > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Michigan > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Utah > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:392 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: the flight of the eagle
  • 1842-1869
  • Origins of a hero
  • The thunderbolt of Sheridan
  • Return with your shield or on it
  • 1869-1892
  • Turning west amid the hostiles
  • The disputants in the theologic war
  • Register of land
  • Indispensable opposition
  • Ann Eliza's next best friend
  • Devils and angels
  • Mountain Meadows, John Doyle Lee, and Marshal Maxwell
  • Marshal Maxwell's muddle
  • Health, battles, and tragedy
  • A time of lengthening shadows
  • Stricken eagle
  • Lance of iron, wings of stone.