Onward Alone

Following their wrenching exile from Nauvoo, a devoted community of Latter-day Saints gathered on the plains of Nebraska in the summer of 1846. Yet as they began to construct temporary settlements, five hundred men were called away to march into battle-leaving wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters at the mercy of the elements of nature and the kindness of neighbors and giving them reason to put their trust in the Lord. The severe perils of the Mormon Battalion soldiers have been well docu...