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Utah Militia
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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Utah Militia the militia forces of the Mormon-led government in the Utah Territory. On September 15, 1857, the Mormon leader Brigham Young mobilized the Utah militia to resist United States troops under
Albert Sidney Johnston sent to quell Mormon opposition to the Federal government. The resulting
Mormon War was ended in June 1858 without significant bloodshed when Young permitted Johnston's forces to march through Salt Lake City and encamp nearby.
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Militias: initiating contact.
Magazine article from: The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...constitutional guarantees. Militia members generally...and actions. Many militias claim to represent...Various present-day militias pattern their actions...their calling, militia members and antigovernment...them. Still, many militia members and individuals...Many organized militias ...
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Militias: Initiating contact
Magazine article from: FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...constitutional guarantees. Militia members generally...and actions. Many militias claim to represent...Various present-day militias pattern their actions...their calling, militia members and antigovernment...them. Still, many militia members and individuals...Many organized militias ...
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Militias decry ATF arrests as a `setup': Says Vipers are not part of movement.(A)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 7/15/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Trochmann, an organizer of the Militia of Montana, said the militias see the two cases as part of...and publicly linked to the militia movement. "It [the Viper...said. Relations between the militias and the government on the Viper...
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Militias Flexing More Muscle in the Political Process
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...example of the spreading militia movement's increased...political activities of the militias appear to be amateurish...provided access and help to militia leaders. Freshman Rep...associate of Michigan Militia member Mark Koernke...doesn't know these militias," said attorney Kent...
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Militias Meet the Senate With Conspiracies to Share; Leaders Sound Off on Oklahoma, Citizen Anger
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/16/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...James Johnson, a militia leader from Columbus...to do?" He called militias "the civil rights...frightening," said Ohio militia leader Johnson, one...down." Michigan militia leader Ken Adams said militias are "a cross- section...
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 "Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)")
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Militias hold Iraq in fearsome grip.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 10/19/2006; 700+ words
; ...cleric. The Sunni militias are more fractured...identity. Another Shiite militia, the Badr Brigade...face in disbanding militias--and the militias have to be disbanded...parliamentarians say that the militia problem is the result...
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Our militia: brainwashed by the regulars.
Magazine article from: Esprit de Corps; 11/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...officer in Northwest Europe, "our current militia is completely brainwashed by the Regular...LCol, not retired, claiming, "the militia never retires." He contends that the Honourary Colonels of Militia units should not be required to go before...
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Missouri militia infiltrates local GOP. (Republican Party)
Magazine article from: St. Louis Journalism Review; 10/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...is the commander of a militia group known as the 1st...satisfaction in some of the militias' recent political success stories. He said militia candidates carry a message...The marriage of the militias to the pro-life movement...Moore's 1st Missouri Militia, has been a regular...
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FBI, militias reach some common ground Program helps distinguish law-abiding members from hate groups, both sides say
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/18/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...trouble." Federal agents and militia members say the outreach program...distinguish true constitutional militia members from hate groups and...the public perception that militias are "anti-government...groups, they claim to be a militia. The media gets ahold of it...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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MILITIAS' HOSTILE PATTERNS TROUBLE FEDERAL OFFICIALS.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/28/1995; 700+ words
; ...groups.'' Experts say the militia movement has spread like a...Federal officials believe some militias are monitoring them as well...federal authorities. Some militias may also be aided by law enforcement...themselves were involved with militia groups, according to law enforcement...
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Militias
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...royal governors. The militia formed a major portion...as often, however, militias proved unreliable...famous lament about the militia in 1776: "They come...understanding of how to use militias as auxiliary and partisan...military concerns, the militia played an important...
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The Militia
Book article from: American Eras
...were not so much in militia makeup as in the...realities in which the militias existed. For example...variation among militias, time did as well...time progressed, militia needs changed...that occupied the militias by the 1750s. The...seventeenth-century militia consisted mainly...
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Militia and National Guard
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...subsequently state militia systems have played...colonial and state militias raised the majority...after 1775 state militias generally failed...Continental army. Militia units called to...its own. Without militias to organize men...Continental army. The militia remained the source...
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Militia Movement
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...bombers to the Michigan Militia, the militia movement combined conspiracy...activity. Ideologically, militias are an offshoot of the...and elsewhere. Some militia members engaged in confrontations...Arrests involving militias had a dampening effect...
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militia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...his civilian status. Militias persisted through the...America, however, militias survived. The Military...Massachusetts was the first militia organization in America...other countries the militia is known generally as...on self-appointed "militias" or, as they often...
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