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Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868
 
Mormon Battalion Sick Detachments (1847)
 
Departure: 24 May 1847
Arrival in Salt Lake Valley: 29 July 1847

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Three sick detachments of disabled men in the Mormon Battalion, along with some women and children, spent the winter in 1846-47 at Pueblo, Colorado. An advance party of 13 soldiers met Brigham Young's company on 4 July while trailing livestock. The remainder of the sick detachments left Pueblo on 24 May and, in company with some Saints from Mississippi, arrived in Salt Lake City five days after Brigham Young had entered the valley.

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