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Day in the Life

May 21, 1846

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May 21, 1846 ~ Thursday

[FIGURE] 21 I spent the day in camp we had a
rainy night & many things wet

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I Left Nauvoo for the last time perhaps in this life I looked upon the Temple & City of Nauvoo As I retired from it & felt to ask the Lord to preserve it As A monument of the sacrifice of his saints

~ Wilford Woodruff

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Wilford's parents and cousin accompany him to , Illinois.

Wilford arrives in , Illinois with , , and parents; arrived a few days before.

Woodruffs tour with others.

Private dedication of by .

May 1, 1846 - May 3, 1846

Public dedication of by ; Wilford attends with his parents, wife , and .

United States Congress declares war on based on territorial disputes over .

Woodruffs leave to join Church members in .

Wilford at , Iowa when Captain arrives to recruit Mormon Battalion.

Woodruffs reach , Iowa.

July 16, 1846 - July 17, 1846

Mormon Battalion recruited by United States Army.

May 21, 1846