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Minutes, 8 July 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo Legion Minute Book

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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, 8 July 1843. Version copied [ca. 1844] in Nauvoo Legion Minute Book, pp. 36–65; handwriting of
Hosea Stout

18 Sept. 1810–2 Mar. 1889. Farmer, teacher, carpenter, sawmill operator, lawyer. Born near Pleasant Hill, Mercer Co., Kentucky. Son of Joseph Stout and Anna Smith. Moved to Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, 1819; to Wilmington, Clinton Co., fall 1824; to...

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; Nauvoo Legion Records, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note to Nauvoo Legion Minute Book, Feb. 1841–Oct. 1844.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Minutes, 20 May–8 July 1843 Minutes, 8 July 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo Legion Minute Book Nauvoo Legion Minute Book, February 1841–October 1844

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and all officers in 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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or within ten miles thereof shall be required to attend said drills, except such officers as reside beyond said limits, who shall be exempt from duty on the day of the Cohort officer drill, except commandants of companies and field officers. Provided, also that Chaplains shall be exempt from duty on the days of the officer drills, as aforesaid.
Sec. 22. That companies, Battalions, and Regiments shall be formed for parade at 10 o clock A. M. at which hour the roll shall be called and shall be required to perform not less than four nor more than six hours duty each day, as aforesaid, Provided, however that on days of Cohort and
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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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parades the commandants thereof may have power to order the time and place of holding the parades, as aforesaid, as they may deem proper
Sec. 23. That there shall be a Legion or Division court of inquiry and assessment of fines, to be composed of the Major General as president, the Brigadier General, the Drill officer, and the Chief Musician as members; and the Adjutant General as Secretary. It shall be the duty of said court to assess fines on all the delinquent officers, non-commissioned officers and musicians belonging to the Band, on all officers drill parades and also all delinquent General officers or any of their Staff, or any member of the Band, on all Cohort or Legion parades, in conformity to the provisions of this act. [p. 48]
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Minutes, 8 July 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo Legion Minute Book
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