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Nauvoo Legion Court-Martial, Minutes,
Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, Hancock Co., IL, 20 Feb. 1841. Extract published in Times and Seasons, 1 Mar. 1841, 2:336. For more complete source information, see the source note for Letter to Isaac Galland, 22 Mar. 1839.

Historical Introduction

See Historical Introduction to Minutes, 4 Feb. 1841.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Minutes, 20 February 1841 “Record of the ‘Nauvoo Legion,’” 4 February–9 March 1841
Nauvoo Legion Minute Book, February 1841–October 1844 History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842] “History of Joseph Smith”
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Court Martial of the
Nauvoo Legion
A contingent of the Illinois state militia provided for in the Nauvoo city charter. The Nauvoo Legion was organized into two cohorts: one infantry and one cavalry. Each cohort could potentially comprise several thousand men and was overseen by a brigadier...
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.— On the 20th of Feb., the Court Martial of the Nauvoo Legion, by a unanimous vote, adopted the following regulations; to wit:

“That no person whatever, residing within the limits of the City of
Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, between the ages of 18 and 45 years, excepting such as are exempted by the laws of the
United States
North American constitutional republic. Constitution ratified, 17 Sept. 1787. Population in 1805 about 6,000,000; in 1830 about 13,000,000; and in 1844 about 20,000,000. Louisiana Purchase, 1803, doubled size of U.S. Consisted of seventeen states at time ...
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, shall be exempt from military duty, unless exempted by a special act of this court;” and the fines for neglecting, or refusing, to appear on the days of general parade were fixed at the following rates—“for Generals, 25 dollars; Colonels, 20 dollars; Captains, 15 dollars; Lieutenants, 10 dollars; and musicians and privates, 5 dollars;” and for company parade at the following rates—“for commissioned officers, 5 dollars; non-commissioned officers, 3 dollars; musicians and privates 2 dollars.”— The 1st and 6th of April, and the 3rd of July,*
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were fixed upon as days for general parade for this year.

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*The 4th coming on Sunday. [p. 336]
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