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| | Utah History Encyclopedia |
 | | On 9 November 1858, amid gun fire and patriotic music, the soldiers of Camp Floyd, Utah Territory, raised the United States flag above their newly completed garrison. |
 | | Camp Floyd was a product of the so-called "Utah War." Influenced by rumors of rebellion in Utah, President James Buchanan ordered 2,500 soldiers led by General William S. Harney to the territory in May 1857. |
 | | Godfrey, "A Social History of Camp Floyd, Utah Territory, 1858-1861," master's thesis (USU 1989); Donald R. Moorman, with Gene Sessions, Camp Floyd and the Mormons: The Utah War (1992). |
| www.media.utah.edu /UHE/c/CAMPFLOYD.html (597 words) |
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