page_title: Utah War
section_title: July–November 1857: tactical standoff
hierarchical_section_title: Utah War / Troop movements / July–November 1857: tactical standoff
caption_attribution_description: English: Albert Sidney Johnston, Confederate Army general in the American Civil War
context_page_description: The Utah War, also known as the Utah Expedition, Utah Campaign, Buchanan's Blunder, the Mormon War, or the Mormon Rebellion was an armed confrontation between Mormon settlers in the Utah Territory and the armed forces of the United States government. The confrontation lasted from May 1857 to July 1858. There were some casualties, mostly non-Mormon civilians. The war had no notable military battles.
caption: Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston led the Utah Expedition to put down a Mormon rebellion against the Union. In the Civil War, he became a high ranking general in the Confederate Army and was killed at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862.
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