battle, nineteenth century

Morrisite War

Name: Morrisite War
Location: South Weber, Utah, United States

Morrisite War was a battle fought in June 1862 at South Weber, in what is now Utah, United States. It was part of mormonism and violence. The recorded result: Utah Territory victory. Recorded strength: 200-500 against 500–1,000 posse.

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FoughtJune 1862

WhereSouth Weber, Utah, United States41.147N, 111.969W

OutcomeUtah Territory victory

BelligerentsMorrisitesagainstUtah Territory

Casualties and losses8 killedand1 killed

Part ofmormonism and violence

Record

Date	June 1862 (month precision)
Place	South Weber, Utah, United States 41.147N, 111.969W
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	200-500	500–1,000 posse
Casualties and losses	8 killed	1 killed
Commanders	Robert T. Burton

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Bear River Massacre 1863, 111 km N
Battle of Egan Station 1860, 289 km SW
Battle of Camas Creek 1877, 357 km N
Battle of Milk Creek 1879, 376 km E
Battle of Kelley Creek 1911, 429 km W

In the same war

Before: Battle of Nauvoo 1846

Elsewhere in 1862

Battle of Antietam United States
Battle of Fredericksburg United States
Second Battle of Bull Run United States
Battle of Shiloh United States
Battle of Puebla Mexico

Morrisite War is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,264 in present-day United States (2 in Utah).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q14704740, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Morrisite War, revision 1381402024, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.