Autobiography Volume 3 circa 1865-1866
At 6 o'clock on the morning of the the drums beat
and an army of soldiers paraded the streets some 400 who were in
readiness to march at a moments notice to the seat of war. We had at this
time about 800 men in the mountains. It was a solemn time the
armies of the Gentiles were making war upon us because of our religion and
we had to defend ourselves against a nation of 25,000,000 people and
the war had just commenced. We had to trust in God for the
result. We were resolved to do thewhat we could and leave the work
in His hands. There was a solemnity resting upon our city
this morning; all were anxiously awaiting the arrival of the express
I told President Young that I was on hand at any moment to go into
the mountains when he would say the word. I went up in the
evening to the President's Office and learned that the California mail
had arrived. I heard some letters read, one stating that the Government
had made arrangements to send up light drauht boats up the
Colorado river with men and arms against us from that point
