Original sentence: Property in the homes and stores was "consecrated" (given to the church and brought back to Adam-ondi-Ahman and placed in the bishop's storehouse).Splitting into three companies, the Mormons marched on the three major non-Mormon settlements in the county.The non-Mormons fled before the advance of the Mormon units.The towns were then burned to the ground
Edited sentence: Fleeing, the mobbers set fire to their homes and fields and blamed the mormons later.Splitting into three companies, the Mormons marched on the three major non-Mormon settlements in the county under the direction of General Parks and as official state militia.The purpose was to disperse the mobs forming to attack Adam-ondi-Ahman and restore order to the county