Who Were the Other Militiamen at the Massacre?

Who Were the Other Militiamen at the Massacre?

Who were the principal religious and military leaders in southern Utah involved in planning the events from the First Attack to the Final Massacre? The key five planners/leaders were Colonel William H. Dame, Major Isaac C. Haight, Major John M. Higbee, Major John D. Lee and Private (Bishop) Philip Klingensmith.

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  William H. Dame
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  Isaac C. Haight
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  John M. Higbee
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  John D. Lee
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  Philip Klingensmith

In the years following the massacre, many of the militiamen who were drawn into the disaster came to blame these five for initiating the First Attack and/or the Final Massacre. Click on each name for their background.

Who were the other militiamen who participated, or at least were on the ground, at the time of the final massacre? Click on each of the following names for the background on the other militiamen involved in the massacre. For some of these men, their presence at Mountain Meadows at the time of the massacre is confirmed from multiple sources. Remember, however, that for others, only one source identifies them as participants. Thus, the reliability of these latter identifications is subject to some doubt. Bearing that caveat in mind, the other militiamen who have been identified as participants are George Washington Adair, Samuel Adair, Ira Allen, Andrew A. Allen, Benjamin A. Arthur, William Bateman, Thomas H. Cartwright, John W. Clark, Prime T. Coleman, Ezra H. Curtis, William R. Davies, Jabez Durfee/Durfey, Eleazer Edwards, Columbus R. Freeman, Oscar Hamblin, Richard Harrison, Ira Hatch, William S. Hawley, Charles Hopkins, John S. Humphries, George Hunter, Alexander G. Ingram, John Jacobs, Swen Jacobs, Samuel Jewkes/Jukes, Dudley Leavitt, Alexander H. Loveridge, John M. Macfarlane, James M. Mangum, John Mangum, Sims L. Matheny, James N. Mathews, Jabez Nowlin, Harrison Pearce, John Price, William S. Riggs, Don Carlos (Carl) Shirts, William R. Slade, William Slade, Joseph H. Smith, George Spencer, William C. Stewart, Anthony J. Stratton, William Tait, Amos G. Thornton, David W. Tullis, Oscar Tyler, John Urie, John Weston/Western, Robert Wiley, John Willden and James Williamson.