150 years ago today - Mar 29, 1863

At night in Salt Lake City, cannon fire is heard from Fort Douglas. Mormons respond by sounding their own alarm, via cannon, and many Mormons hastily dress, grab their arms, and rush to Brigham Young's residence ready to defend against an invasion by the U.S. Army. The noise from Ft. Douglas turns from cannon fire to band music and Mormons later learn that the Army men are only celebrating their commander's promotion to brigadier-general.

[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]

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  1. [Original Source: The Saints and The Union: Utah Territory during the Civil War by E.B. Long, University of Illinois Press (1981), p.165]

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