Comments on: Article Review: Alexander on Buchanan’s Blunder

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By: FAIR Blog » Blog Archive » Massacre at Mountain Meadows pt. II

FAIR Blog » Blog Archive » Massacre at Mountain Meadows pt. II — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:35:26 +0000

[...] Federal Judges and the Utah War (1857-58).” The Historian 70 (Summer 2008): 209-38 reviewed here. [2] see especially p. 137 and 175 [3] Brigham Young’s response to the misinformation fed him [...]

By: Joe Geisner

Joe Geisner — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:49:55 +0000

I am sorry, I made a mistake with my question for Alexander. I should have asked: If Young had so little power how could he have 20,000 people leave their homes and move south during the planting season?

By: Joe Geisner

Joe Geisner — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:02:59 +0000

Keller,

You are correct that the historical community has shifted. I wonder if the reason this fits so well with MatMM is because Alexander was the main person for the re-writes of the new book.

Does Alexander explain, if Young had so little control how was he able to get 40,000 people to leave their homes at the most important time for the harvest and make the move south?

By: Michael Keller

Michael Keller — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:57:01 +0000

Alexander explains that Brigham Young had less control in private and community life than most people realize. But I wonder: how much control did he have over the territorial legislature? I think the territorial legislature could have been a factor in shaping the political landscape.

By: Scott Gordon

Scott Gordon — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:13:54 +0000

Thank your for this summary. I love the title:

“Carpetbaggers, Reprobates, and Liars: Federal Judges and the Utah War”

By: Cal Robinson

Cal Robinson — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:28:46 +0000

I have always appreciated Alexander as a historian. He seems to burrow into areas that are neglected by others to provide a fuller, more detailed picture of history.

Thank you for providing this summary.

By: Keller

Keller — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:12:09 +0000

I don’t subscribe to The Historian, but I got to read the article when Michael brought with him while visiting last month. I thought the information went along very well with that found in the new MMM book for which I started a review here on the FAIR blog. Actually the Walker, Turley, and Leonard treatment is much more brief and concentrates on Drummond’s misinformation. So Alexander’s article helped fill in a hole in my knowledge.

It has been my sense that the recent trend in the Mormon historical community has been to shift more of the blame for Buchanan’s Blunder onto Mormons, either in the name of balancing out previous pro-Mormon accounts or to hold the Mormon hierarchy more responsible for the reprehensible tradegy at Mountain Meadows. Alexander’s article makes me a little more cautious about wholly embracing such efforts.