Gettysburg to Great Salt Lake: George R. Maxwell, Civil War Hero and Federal Marshal among the Mormons
Norman, OK: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2010. First Edition. 392pp. Octavo [24 cm] Rust colored cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Fine. Item #10274
Inscribed by the author to fellow historian, Will Bagley, on the title page. Nice association copy. With the onset of the Civil War, Maxwell volunteered for the First Michigan Cavalry and fought in most of the war’s major battles in Virginia and at Gettysburg. In his subsequent service, Maxwell waged a different war as he battled the Mormon church’s leadership over ownership of land, water, and timber. In the courts, in election outcomes, and in the legislature, Maxwell fought the Mormons’ affirmation that God’s law was superior to federal law. And as marshal, he was the first to properly conduct a federal trial in the Utah Territory, when John D. Lee was tried for the massacre of 120 Arkansas emigrants at Mountain Meadows.
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