[Paulus Invictus]

Yes and no. It had a bit to do with the Deseret issue, but was mainly about the religious beliefs of the Utahns. Unfortunately for Buchanan, Johson's army was seriously harrassed on their slow way across the plains by Mormon militia who burned their supply wagons and the forts they intended to use to winter in. The Army simply marched through Salt Lake City and on to a distant encampment, later a fort.

The "war" cost the gummint somewhere on the order of $15 million, a lot for the times. Albert Sidney Johnson later became a well-known Union general in the Civil War.

When the army camp/fort was finally declared unnecessary during the Civil War, they sold everything for 10 cents on the dollar and my great grandparents filled their wagons with tools and lumber--all to their benefit and that of their neighbors. Buchanan actually helped the Utahns, but did not intend to do so.

[Theodore R.]

Albert Sidney Johnson later became a well-known Union general in the Civil War.

JOHNSTON was a KY native living in TX at the time the war broke out. He led CONFEDERATE troops in the "western theater" until he was killed at the bloody battle of Shiloh (Church), TN, the spring of 1862. He was one of the oldest generals on either side. He was unrelated to a VA-born "Johnston" -- Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston, who surrendered to Sherman at Durham, NC, in the spring of 1865.