[Heber C. Kimball diary, Zion's Camp] We were now reorganized in the following order: Joseph was acknowledged commander in chief; Lyman Wight was chosen general of the camp; then Brother Joseph chose twenty men for his life guard, I being one of the number; Brother George A. Smith was Joseph's armor bearer; Hyrum Smith was chosen captain of the life guard ...
[Source: Whitney, Helen Mar, Jeni Broberg Holzapfel, and Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, A Woman's View: Helen Mar Whitney's Reminiscences of Early Church History, Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997]
p.43. The correct date should be June 12th (NOT May 6th). See HC 2:88.
ReplyDeleteHeber C. Kimball Diary- Appendix B, at the following link, has this event occuring sometime between June 9th and June 12th.
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Thank You -- I've correct this error.
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