Footnotes
Footnotes
The Nauvoo Legion’s official relationship to the state government mirrored that of other city militias. Governor Thomas Carlin’s commission to JS declared: “I do strictly require all officers and soldiers under [JS’s] command to be obedient to his orders; and he is to obey such orders and directions as he shall receive from time to time, from the Commander-in-Chief, or his superior officer.” (Commission from Thomas Carlin, 10 Mar. 1841.)
See “Record of the ‘Nauvoo Legion,’” 1–5, Nauvoo Legion Records, CHL.
Nauvoo Legion Records, 1841–1845. CHL. MS 3430.
In 1843, Hosea Stout copied the minutes from Bennett’s “Record of the ‘Nauvoo Legion’” into a hardbound ledger book as part of a larger project to collect and record the militia’s history. (See Nauvoo Legion Minute Book, 4 Feb. 1841, 4–6.)
Nauvoo Legion Minute Book, 1843–1844. Nauvoo Legion, Records, 1841–1845. CHL. MS 3430, fd. 1.
See Minutes, 3 Feb. 1841.
The officers listed here were all previously commissioned in the Illinois state militia. (Adjutant General’s Office, Rank Roll, 13 Jan. 1841, Illinois Governors’ Correspondence, Illinois State Archives, Springfield.)
Illinois Governor’s Correspondence, 1816–1852. Illinois State Archives, Springfield.
The first cohort consisted of cavalry; the second consisted of infantry and artillery troops. (Minutes, 3 Feb. 1841.)